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

Stichwörter: shatter-me tahereh-mafi



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I tuck caution into my pocket and hope I can reach for it if I need to.

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: dystopian shatter-me tahereh-mafi



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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

Stichwörter: shatter-me tahereh-mafi destroy-me warner



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Friendship is not a thing I have ever experienced. Not as a child, and not as I am now. Except. One month ago, I met the exception to this rule. There has been one person who’s ever looked me directly in the eye. The same person who’s spoken to me with no filter; someone who’s been unafraid to show anger and real, raw feeling in my presence; the only one who’s ever dared to challenge me, to raise her voice to me—

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: shatter-me tahereh-mafi destroy-me warner



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Fun fact #1 about pomegranates: Pomegranates are awesome.
Fun fact #2: Pomegranates are like little explosions of awesome in your mouth.
Fun fact #3: A lot of people think you're not supposed to eat the seeds of a pomegranate - but that's not true, people who tell you that are liars, and they don't know anything about life, and they should never be trusted.

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: pomegranate tahereh-mafi



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In order to eat a pomegranate you need this many things: a pomegranate, a knife, a cutting board, a bowl and a towel.

Also, two hands. These help with the making of the pomegranate.

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: tahereh-mafi



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I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend," he says. "The one who will memorise the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body, Juliette-

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: juliette tahereh-mafi unravel-me



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he thinks too highly of me, places me on a pedestal i've never deserved.

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: tahereh-mafi unravel-me



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loneliness is a strange sort of thing. it creeps up on you, quiet and still, sits by your side in the dark, strokes your hair as you sleep. it wraps itself around your bones, squeezing so tight you almost can't breathe. it leaves lies in your heart, lies next to you at night, leaches the light out from every corner. its a constant companion, clasping your hand only to yank you down when you're struggling to stand up.

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: tahereh-mafi unravel-me



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loneliness is an old friend standing beside you in the mirror, looking you in the eye, challenging you to live your life without it. you can't find the words to fight yourself, to fight the words screaming that you're not enough, never enough never ever enough .

Tahereh Mafi

Stichwörter: tahereh-mafi unravel-me



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