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“It hits me with a painful force, the reminder. Of just how much I love her. God, I love all of her. Her impossibilities, her exasperations. I love how gentle she is with me when we’re alone. How soft and kind she can be in our quiet moments. How she never hesitates to defend me.
I love her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“What the hell is wrong with you, man? I thought we were cool.â€�
“We were,� Warner says icily. “Until you touched my hair.�
“You asked me to give you a haircut—�
“I said nothing of the sort! I asked you to trim the edges!�
“And that’s what I did.�
“This,� Warner says, spinning around so I might inspect the damage, “is not trimming the edges, you incompetent moron—�
I gasp. The back of Warner’s head is a jagged mess of uneven hair; entire chunks have been buzzed off.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I mean , I’ve always known I had a great face. But now I know, like, for sure that I’ve got a great face. And it’s just so validating.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I touch his face, almost without meaning to, gently , like he might be a ghost, like this might be a dream and the tips of my fingers graze his cheek, trail the line of his jaw and I stop when his breath catches, when his body shakes almost imperceptibly and we lean in as if by memory eyes closing lips just touching
“Give me another chance, � he whispers, resting his forehead against mine.
My heart aches, throbs in my chest. “Please,� he says softly, and he’s somehow closer now, his lips touching mine as he speaks and I feel pinned in place by emotion, unable to move as he presses the words against my mouth, his hands soft and hesitant around my face and he says, “I swear on my life,� he says, � I won’t disappoint you� and he kisses me
Kisses me right here, in the middle of everything, in front of everyone.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“But â€� why would she break up with you? Why was she crying?â€� At this, I laugh again.
� Because I,� I say, pointing at myself, “am a monster."
Kenji looks confused. � And how is that news to anyone?�
I smile. He’s funny, I think. Funny guy.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Shit, man, if I didn’t know you were in a world of pain right now, I’d be filming this.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I’m sorry I ever asked you guys to be friends. You don’t have to be friends. You don’t even have to like each other. Forget I said anything.â€�
Warner drops his crossed arms.
Kenji raises his eyebrows.
“I promise,� I say. “No more forced hangout sessions. No more spending time alone without me. Okay?�
“You swear?� Kenji says.
“I swear.�
“Thank God,� Warner says.
“Same, bro. Same.�
And I roll my eyes, irritated. This is the first thing they’ve managed to agree on in over a week: their mutual hatred of my hopes for their friendship.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“This , I think , is the way to die.
I could drown in this moment and I’d never regret it. I could catch fire from this kiss and happily turn to ash. I could live here, die here, right here, against his hips, his lips. In the emotion in his eyes as he sinks into me, his heartbeats indistinguishable from mine.
This. Forever. This.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“The destruction of the world didn’t happen overnight, and neither will saving it,”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Here in the dark, dusty corners of my mind I feel a strange relief. I am always welcome here in my loneliness, in my sadness in this abyss, there is a rhythm I remember. The steady drop of tears, the temptation to retreat, the shadow of my past the life I choose to forget has not
will never
ever
forget me”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I think you’re wonderful.â€� “Wonderful, huh?â€� “Yep,â€� I say, and link my arm in his. “You’re smart and funny and kind and â€� â€� “Handsome,â€� he says. “Don’t forget handsome." “And very handsome”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Right now I feel certain that my imagination is much more dangerous than any of his truths.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“You’re a total catch.â€� “I know, right? I keep trying to tell people.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Oh, you are in for a world of pain, bro. A world. Of. Pain.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“He kisses me again, his occasional gasps for air hot against my skin, and I taste him, his mouth, his neck, the hard line of his jaw and he fights back a groan, pulls away, pain and pleasure twinning together as he moves deeper, harder, his muscles taught, his body rock solid against mine. He has one hand around the back of my neck, the other around the back of my thigh and he wraps us together, impossibly closer, overwhelming me with an extraordinary pleasure that feels like nothing I've ever known. It's nameless. Unknowable, impossible to plan for. It's different every time.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“But now Warner’s eyes are moving, studying me. He looks at me with such intensity I wonder if he’s even aware he’s doing it. I wonder if he knows that when he looks at me like that I can feel it as acutely as if his bare skin were pressed against my own, that it does things to me when he looks at me like that and it makes me crazy.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I love the sight of his naked body.
especially in these quiet, vulnerable moments. These brackets of time stapled between dreams and reality are my favorite. There's a sweetness in this hesitant consciousness - a careful, gentle return of form of function, I've found I love these minutes most for the delicate way in which they unfold. It's tender.
Slow motion.
Time tying its shoes.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Politics, it turns out, is a science I don’t yet understand .
Killing things, breaking things � destroying things? That, I understand. Getting angry and going to war, I understand. But patiently playing a confusing game of chess with a bunch of strangers from around the world?
God, I’d so much rather shoot someone.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“t’s a torrent of feeling, a simultaneous, ephemeral taste of death and bliss and my eyes close, white - hot heat flashes behind my eyelids and I have to fight the need to call out his name even as I feel us shatter together, destroyed and restored all at once and he gasps
He says, â€� Juliette â€�”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I’ve seen a lot of strange things in my life, but I never thought I’d have the pleasure of seeing Kishimoto shut his mouth for longer than five minutes.”
― Tahereh Mafi