Shatter Me Quotes

“My voice softens. 'How old are you?'
'I'll be eleven next year.'
I grin. 'So you're ten years old?'
He crosses his arms. Frowns. 'I'll be twelve in two years.'
I think I already love this kid.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles”
― Tahereh Mafi

“People can think whatever they like....I don't desire their validation.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out."

He tries to bite my finger.

I steal it back.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Come back to me, love. Come back.” I’m still struggling to breathe, desperately searching his eyes for answers. Explanations. “Where?” “Here,” he whispers, pressing my hands to his heart. “Home.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“When are you putting me down?" he counters, no longer amused. "I mean, I've got an excellent view of your ass from here, but if you don't mind me staring -"
I drop him without thinking.
"Goddammit, Juliette - what the hell -"
"How's the view from down there?" I stand over his splayed body, arms crossed over my chest.
"I hate you.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Marry me,' he whispers.
I stare at him, disbelief and joy colliding. And it's the look in his eyes —the hopeful, terrified look in his eyes— that nearly kills me. I'm suddenly crying.
I clasp my hands over my face. A sob escapes my mouth. Gently, he pries my hands away from my face.
'Ella?' he says, his words barely a whisper.
I'm still crying when I throw my arms around his neck, still crying when he says, a little nervously—
'Sweetheart, I really need to know if this means yes or no—'
'Yes,' I cry, slightly hysterical. 'Yes, yes to everything with you. Yes to forever with you. Yes.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“He takes my hand. Intertwines our fingers. Offers me a smile that manages to kiss my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“So this—
This is agony.
This is what they talk about when they talk about heartbreak. I thought I knew what it was like before. I thought I knew, with perfect clarity, what it felt like to have my heart broken, but now—now I finally understand.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“The sun is an arrogant thing, always leaving the world behind when it tires of us.
The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Everyday it's a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I peek up at his features, at the crooked grin i want to savor, at the color in his eyes i'd use to paint a million pictures.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“My father couldn't warm my frozen hands.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Come back to life, love. I’ll be here when you wake up.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“i worry, sometimes, that my love for her will expand beyond the limitations of my body, that it will one day kill me with its heft.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Believe Me

“You're naked?" Kenji is suddenly studying my sheet and not bothering to be subtle about it. I flush despite my best efforts, flustered, frustrated.

"Blondie said they destroyed my clothes."

"Blondie?" Blond man is offended.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I want to convince you to design a smile just for me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“Imagine me
master of my own universe
I am everything I ever dreamed of”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“I love you, Ella.' I whisper. 'I will love you for the rest of my life. My heart's yours. Please don't ever give it back to me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Here. This. My bones against his bones. This is my home,”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“But it’s my wedding day,” she says. “And I have nothing to wear.” “You’re right.” I kiss the top of her head. “I’m going to kill him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“If it were nothing but sexual attraction I’m sure I would not suffer such unbearable humiliation. But I wanted so much more than her body.”
― Tahereh Mafi

“I tuck caution into my pocket and hope I can reach for it if I need to.”
― Tahereh Mafi

“You know —I feel everything when you touch me, love. I can feel your excitement. Your nervousness. Your pleasure. And I love it,' he says quietly. 'I love the way you respond to me. I love the way you want me. I feel it, when you lose yourself, the way you trust me when we're together. And I feel your love for me,' he whispers. 'I feel it in my bones.'
'I have loved you my entire life.' He looks up, looks at me with so much feeling it nearly breaks my heart.
'Ella,' he says, his voice rough with feeling. 'I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Right now all I want is this. I just want to be here. With you. Whatever comes next, we'll face it together.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Laughter comes from living." I shrug, try to sound indifferent. "I've never really been alive before.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I grieve nothing, I take everything" - Aaron Warner”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I don’t think you’re crazy,” I say. “And I don’t think you’re a psychopath. I don’t think you’re a heartless murderer. I don’t care what anyone else says about you. I think you’re a good person.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“There is a strange kind of freedom in giving up.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“We're drenched in water and beauty and the exhilaration of a moment I never knew was possible.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Не съм мечтала за красиви дрехи или приказни обувки, или скъпи неща. Не съм си мечтала да се облека в коприна от глава до пети. Мечтаех единствено да протегна ръка и да докосна друго човешко същество, не само с ръцете си, но и със сърцето си. Но виждах света в неотзивчивостта му, както и жестокото му, сурово порицание.. и студените му, презрителни очи. Виждах го навсякъде край себе си.
Имах толкова много време да се вслушвам.
Да наблюдавам.
Да изучавам хора, места и възможности. Трябваше единствено да отворя очи. Да отворя някоя книга - да видя как историите се пропиват от страница в страница. Да видя спомените, запечатани на хартия.
Прекарах живота си затворена между страниците на безброй книги.
Заради липсата на човешки взаимоотношения си създадох връзки с хартиени персонажи. Изживях любов и загуба чрез разказите, преплетени в историята; изживях юношеството си по аналогия. Светът ми представлява плетеница от думи, свързваща крайник с крайник, кости със сухожилия, мисли и представи. Аз съм същество, съставено от букви, персонаж, оживял в изречения, въображаемо създание, родено от художествена измислица.
Те искат да изтрият от лицето на земята всеки пунктуационен знак в живота ми, аз не мога да им го позволя..”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me