Simone

“Was it worrisome that he felt nothing but pleasure to be held at her mercy?”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“But life cannot be experienced one emotion at a time. It is a tapestry of sensation, a braided rope of feeling. We must allow for reflection even when we suffer. We must reach for compassion even when we triumph. If you spend your days waiting for your sorrows to end so that you might finally live” – he shook his head – “you will die an impatient man.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“You have consumed my thoughts since the moment I met you,” he said to her. “I feel now, in your presence, entirely strange. I think I might fetch you the moon if only to spare your tears again.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“I want them to think I’m stupid,” she said to me once. “No expectation is nice. It gives you a lot of time to think.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face