Destroy Me (Shatter Me, #1.5)

by Tahereh Mafi

I wonder what it would be like to have a friend.

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.

Swallow the tears back often enough and they’ll start feeling like acid dripping down your throat.

26 letters are all I need. I can stitch them together to create oceans and ecosystems.

I can fit them together to form planets and solar systems. I can use letters to construct skyscrapers and metropolitan cities populated by people, places, things, and ideas

Time goes on even when we do not.