Hope in this world bleeds out of the barrel of a gun. Tahereh Mafi More Quotes by Tahereh Mafi More Quotes From Tahereh Mafi All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. Tahereh Mafi loneliness heart love Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It's a fresh rain, a whispered promise, a cloudless sky, the perfect punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. And it's the only thing in the world keeping me afloat. Tahereh Mafi hope rain sky People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time. Tahereh Mafi eye lying people The moon is a loyal companion. Tahereh Mafi strong dark mean I spent my life folded between the pages of books. Tahereh Mafi loss character book Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who've seen the world together. They swap stories, reminisce about their origins and forget that though they are similar, they are entirely different, and though they share a certain set of attributes, one can never be the other. Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one because the way they wedge themselves into a sentence changes everything. Tahereh Mafi light men night The world is a mess and I want to laugh because all I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is, that our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear to see it. Tahereh Mafi eye beautiful thinking Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too. Tahereh Mafi raindrops heartbeat clouds I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me. Tahereh Mafi bookstores pages sitting It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world. Tahereh Mafi kissing stars light I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction. Tahereh Mafi imagination character fiction The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them. Tahereh Mafi easier moments writing Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them. Tahereh Mafi long book people Why sleep when there are books to read. Tahereh Mafi sleep book On the darkest days you have to search for a spot of brightness, on the coldest days you have to seek out a spot of warmth; on the bleakest days you have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days you have to leave them open to let them cry. To then let them dry. To give them a chance to wash out the pain in order to see fresh and clear once again. Tahereh Mafi pain eye inspiration I’ve come to believe that the most dangerous man in the world is the one who feels no remorse. The one who never apologizes and therefore seeks no forgiveness. Because in the end it is our emotions that make us weak, not our actions. Tahereh Mafi men believe world They say there were birds who used to soar through the skies like planes.It seems strange that a small animal could achieve anything as complex as human engineering, but the possibility is too enticing to ignore. Tahereh Mafi engineering sky animal Hope is a pocket of possibility. Tahereh Mafi possibility pockets hands Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to stay awake throughout the day. Tahereh Mafi idiot coffee energy I can do anything I want. Tahereh Mafi choices can-do want
