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Tahereh Mafi

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Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right choice and fighting for the right team. I feel safe. Confident
From Shatter Me
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Topic: Motivational
You must not resist life when it becomes inconvenient to live. You cannot outrun fear. You should not ignore pain. You will not outlive death.
From All This Twisted Glory
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Topic: Death
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.
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Relationships
Have you ever had a girlfriend, Kenji?"
"What?" He looks mortally offended. "Do I look like the kind of guy who's never had a girlfriend? Have you even met me?
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Funny
I’m not an idiot, Kenji. I have reasons for the things I say.”

“Yeah, and maybe I’m just saying that you have no idea what you’re saying.”
“Whatever.”
“Don’t whatever me—”
“Whatever,” I say again.

“Oh my God,” Kenji says to no one in particular. “I think this girl wants to get her ass kicked.”

“You couldn’t kick my ass if I had ten of them.”
Kenji laughs out loud. “Is that a challenge?”
"It’s a warning,” I say to him.

“Ohhhhhh, so you’re threatening me now? Little crybaby knows how to make threats now?”
“Shut up, Kenji.”
“Shut up, Kenji,” he repeats in a whiny voice, mocking me.
From Ignite Me
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Topic: Funny
I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Life
Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles
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Topic: Inspirational
I know I'm petty and I don't care.

- Kenji
From Defy Me
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Topic: Funny
We’re running out of time, he said.

As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if it were measured into bowls that were handed to us at birth and if we ate too much or too fast or right before jumping into the water then our time would be lost, wasted, already spent.

But time is beyond our finite comprehension. It’s endless, it exists outside of us; we cannot run out of it or lose track of it or find a way to hold on to it. Time goes on even when we do not.
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Life
Kenji snorts.“That’s because you’re not fragile,” Kenji says. “If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You’re like a freaking beast,” he says. Then adds, “I mean, you know—like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people.
From Ignite Me
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Topic: Funny
Kenji has a hand pressed to his mouth, desperately trying to suppress a smile. He’s shaking his head, holding up a hand in apology. And then he breaks, laughing out loud, snorting as he tries to muffle the sound. “I’m sorry,” he says, pressing his lips together, shaking his head again. “This is not a funny moment. It’s not. I’m not laughing
From Ignite Me
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Topic: Funny
We're going to find time for happiness. Because how can we stand against tyranny if we ourselves are filled with hate?
From Defy Me
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Topic: Hope
I'm having a panic attack, you inconsiderate ass.
From Restore Me
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Topic: Funny
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.
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Hope
My thoughts, I think, will soon be sound.
My mind, I hope, will soon be found.
From Destroy Me
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Topic: Hope
Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right choice and fighting for the right team. I feel safe. Confident
From Shatter Me
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Topic: Motivational
You must not resist life when it becomes inconvenient to live. You cannot outrun fear. You should not ignore pain. You will not outlive death.
From All This Twisted Glory
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Topic: Death
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.
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Relationships
Have you ever had a girlfriend, Kenji?"
"What?" He looks mortally offended. "Do I look like the kind of guy who's never had a girlfriend? Have you even met me?
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Funny
I’m not an idiot, Kenji. I have reasons for the things I say.”

“Yeah, and maybe I’m just saying that you have no idea what you’re saying.”
“Whatever.”
“Don’t whatever me—”
“Whatever,” I say again.

“Oh my God,” Kenji says to no one in particular. “I think this girl wants to get her ass kicked.”

“You couldn’t kick my ass if I had ten of them.”
Kenji laughs out loud. “Is that a challenge?”
"It’s a warning,” I say to him.

“Ohhhhhh, so you’re threatening me now? Little crybaby knows how to make threats now?”
“Shut up, Kenji.”
“Shut up, Kenji,” he repeats in a whiny voice, mocking me.
From Ignite Me
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Topic: Funny
I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Life
Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles
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Topic: Inspirational
I know I'm petty and I don't care.

- Kenji
From Defy Me
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Topic: Funny
We’re running out of time, he said.

As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if it were measured into bowls that were handed to us at birth and if we ate too much or too fast or right before jumping into the water then our time would be lost, wasted, already spent.

But time is beyond our finite comprehension. It’s endless, it exists outside of us; we cannot run out of it or lose track of it or find a way to hold on to it. Time goes on even when we do not.
From Unravel Me
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Topic: Life
Kenji snorts.“That’s because you’re not fragile,” Kenji says. “If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You’re like a freaking beast,” he says. Then adds, “I mean, you know—like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people.
From Ignite Me
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Topic: Funny
Kenji has a hand pressed to his mouth, desperately trying to suppress a smile. He’s shaking his head, holding up a hand in apology. And then he breaks, laughing out loud, snorting as he tries to muffle the sound. “I’m sorry,” he says, pressing his lips together, shaking his head again. “This is not a funny moment. It’s not. I’m not laughing
From Ignite Me
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Topic: Funny
We're going to find time for happiness. Because how can we stand against tyranny if we ourselves are filled with hate?
From Defy Me
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Topic: Hope
I'm having a panic attack, you inconsiderate ass.
From Restore Me
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Topic: Funny
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.
From Unravel Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
My thoughts, I think, will soon be sound.
My mind, I hope, will soon be found.
From Destroy Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right choice and fighting for the right team. I feel safe. Confident
From Shatter Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Motivational
You must not resist life when it becomes inconvenient to live. You cannot outrun fear. You should not ignore pain. You will not outlive death.
From All This Twisted Glory
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
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.
From Unravel Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Relationships
Have you ever had a girlfriend, Kenji?"
"What?" He looks mortally offended. "Do I look like the kind of guy who's never had a girlfriend? Have you even met me?
From Unravel Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny
I’m not an idiot, Kenji. I have reasons for the things I say.”

“Yeah, and maybe I’m just saying that you have no idea what you’re saying.”
“Whatever.”
“Don’t whatever me—”
“Whatever,” I say again.

“Oh my God,” Kenji says to no one in particular. “I think this girl wants to get her ass kicked.”

“You couldn’t kick my ass if I had ten of them.”
Kenji laughs out loud. “Is that a challenge?”
"It’s a warning,” I say to him.

“Ohhhhhh, so you’re threatening me now? Little crybaby knows how to make threats now?”
“Shut up, Kenji.”
“Shut up, Kenji,” he repeats in a whiny voice, mocking me.
From Ignite Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny
I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.
From Unravel Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
I know I'm petty and I don't care.

- Kenji
From Defy Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny
We’re running out of time, he said.

As if time were the kind of thing you could run out of, as if it were measured into bowls that were handed to us at birth and if we ate too much or too fast or right before jumping into the water then our time would be lost, wasted, already spent.

But time is beyond our finite comprehension. It’s endless, it exists outside of us; we cannot run out of it or lose track of it or find a way to hold on to it. Time goes on even when we do not.
From Unravel Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
Kenji snorts.“That’s because you’re not fragile,” Kenji says. “If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You’re like a freaking beast,” he says. Then adds, “I mean, you know—like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people.
From Ignite Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny
Kenji has a hand pressed to his mouth, desperately trying to suppress a smile. He’s shaking his head, holding up a hand in apology. And then he breaks, laughing out loud, snorting as he tries to muffle the sound. “I’m sorry,” he says, pressing his lips together, shaking his head again. “This is not a funny moment. It’s not. I’m not laughing
From Ignite Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny
We're going to find time for happiness. Because how can we stand against tyranny if we ourselves are filled with hate?
From Defy Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
I'm having a panic attack, you inconsiderate ass.
From Restore Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny
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.
From Unravel Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
My thoughts, I think, will soon be sound.
My mind, I hope, will soon be found.
From Destroy Me
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Topic: Hope