Release Me Quotes

“I knew you’d say yes. You always say yes when Juliette is involved. Hell, if I told you J said we needed to go to the moon to pick up some rocks you’d probably figure out how to build a spaceship.”
“A rocket.”
“What?”
“A rocket,” I say to him. “Not a spaceship. Spaceships aren’t real. Spaceships are for aliens.”
“Okay, you’re literally proving my point.”
I duck to avoid a low-hanging branch. “No, I’m taking issue with your analogy. You’re acting as if it’s an impossible thought. But we possess the technology and potential capability to launch a space program. We’ve just
focused our energies on other things—”
“Bro. It was a simple question. A hypothetical question.”
“You never asked me a question.”
“Fine.” He crosses his arms, coming to a halt. We turn to face each other.
“Here’s the question,” he says. “If J asked you to go to the moon for her, would you go to the moon?”
“Yes.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“Is this some display of delayed adolescence?” says Warner. “Have you finally
decided to rebel against authority?”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“I miss my wife.
I want to go home.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“Like a parachute pulled, something inside of me releases.”
― Tahereh Mafi , Release Me

“I understand then that I would kill for him without question. I would die for him without hesitation.
He lives, or no one lives.
I will protect him with my life.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“She could probably ask me for anything right now. Fuck a jacket, I'd give her an organ. Any organ. She can pick the organ.
A single word is building inside of me, over and over, like a pulse in my throat.
Mine.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“I knew you’d say yes. You always say yes when Juliette is involved. Hell, if I told you J said we needed to go to the moon to pick up some rocks you’d probably figure out how to build a spaceship.”
“A rocket.”
“What?”
“A rocket,” I say to him. “Not a spaceship. Spaceships aren’t real. Spaceships are for aliens.”
“Okay, you’re literally proving my point.”
I duck to avoid a low-hanging branch. “No, I’m taking issue with your analogy. You’re acting as if it’s an impossible thought. But we possess the technology and potential capability to launch a space program. We’ve just focused our energies on other things—”
“Bro. It was a simple question. A hypothetical question.”
“You never asked me a question.”
“Fine.” He crosses his arms, coming to a halt. We turn to face each other.
“Here’s the question,” he says. “If J asked you to go to the moon for her, would you go to the moon?”
“Yes.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“Hey, man— Um, I’m supposed to tell you that if you don’t get down here soon”—
Zain laughs nervously—“uh, Warner said he’s going to shoot you through the window?”
“Great,” James says angrily. “Thanks.”
“I mean I’m sure he wasn’t serious, but—”
“I’m sure he was serious.” James cuts him off. “We’re coming down the ladder now.”
― Tahereh Mafi (Author), Release Me

“Worms turn garbage into compost. Worms do more for the world than you do. Worms just eat dirt and mind their business. Worms need a better marketing campaign.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“I went to visit Adam the other day and he pulled me aside to ask”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“I've been watched by infinite eyes all my life, but no one has ever looked at me and made me feel safe.
No one but him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“The man is an incurable romantic.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“Falling in love feels a little like dying." she finally says. "No one really tells you that.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“I'm trying-I'm really trying to be a better person, but if even one of them hurts you I swear I'll slaughter them all.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“She's never not beautiful. It always decimates me”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“Fuck poetry, this girl is going to carve my hear out with a knife”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“There's only enough room on this planet for one of us to be acting like a hormonal teenager right now, so I suggest you pull yourself together. This is my time to shine.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me