Reveal Me Quotes

“With her, it’s different. I never even realized just how much I was missing until we really got to know each other. She lets me talk. She doesn’t rush me. She doesn’t tell me to calm down or feed me bullshit lines or tell me everything will be fine. When I’m trying to get things off my chest she doesn’t make the conversation about her or her own problems. She understands. I can tell. She doesn’t have to say a word. I can look into her eyes and know she gets it. She gives a shit about me in a way no one else ever has.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Sometimes I feel so alone in this world I can’t even breathe”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“You were looking at her like you were in love with her!"

"Jesus Christ, woman, I look at you like I'm in love with you!”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Her eyes are big and bright and she's staring at me like she's just a girl and I'm just a guy and we're not both just a pair of dumbasses headed directly for the sun.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“I don't know what's wrong with me tonight. I feel off, unbalanced. Aching for something. I'm losing sight of my purpose, my sense of direction. I always tell myself that I'm fighting every day for hope, for the salvation of humanity, but every time I survive only to return to yet more loss and devastation, something comes loose inside of me. It's like the people and places I love are the nuts and bolts keeping me upright; without them, I'm just scrap metal.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“It's like the people and places I love are nuts and bolts keeping me upright; without them, I'm just scrap metal.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Go away."
"I'm not going anywhere," I shout back. "I want to talk to Juliette. Ella. Jella. Jello. Whatever.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Warner needed a minute to pick out a cute outfit and braid his hair.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“I do not function properly.
I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Don’t you dare start crying. If you start crying I’ll start crying and we do not have time to cry right now. We have too much shit to do, okay? We can cry later, at a more convenient time. Okay?”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“But I can’t keep going like this. I’m falling apart, and I don’t have time to fall apart. People need me, depend on me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Because,” she says quietly, “I think you might be the best person I’ve ever met.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Why don’t my feelings matter? Other people get to experience a full range of emotions without judgment, but I can’t be anything but happy without making most people uncomfortable.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Please, love. Just ignore it.” “What if something’s wrong?” “Nothing is wrong,” he says. “It’s just Kenji.” “Kenji?” I hear some kind of shuffle, and my heart picks up. J always comes through. She always comes through. “How do you know it’s Kenji?” “Call it a wild guess,” Warner says. I ring the doorbell again. “Coming!” J. Finally. “She’s not coming,” Warner shouts. “Go away.” “I’m not going anywhere,” I shout back. “I want to talk to Juliette. Ella. Jella. Jello. Whatever.” “Ella, love, please—let me kill him.” I hear J laugh, which is sweet, actually, because it’s clear she thinks Warner’s joking. Me, on the other hand—I’m pretty sure he’s not.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Here, in the dark, with my memories. Sometimes I feel so alone in this world I can’t even breathe.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“She's bathed in it. Glowing. More beautiful than ever, which is nothing short of terrifying, to be honest.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Why don’t my feelings matter? Other people get to experience a full range of emotions without judgment, but I can’t be anything but happy without making most people uncomfortable. Everyone is used to seeing me smiling, being goofy. I’m the fun guy, the easygoing guy. I’m the one everyone can count on for a good laugh. When I’m sad or pissed off no one knows what to do with me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“It’s like the people and places I love are the nuts and bolts keeping me upright; without them, I’m just scrap metal.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Peor: no se como salir de aqui. ¿Donde esta el boton de expulsion para escapar de conversaciones con mujeres aterradoras y hermosas?”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“I think you might be the best person I’ve ever met.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“I was in your room tonight because I wanted to make sure you were okay, but when you woke up I got nervous and disappeared. And then you started talking, and the things you said were so beautiful that I just”—she shakes her head—“I don’t know. The truth is, I don’t have an excuse. I stayed because I wanted to stay. I stayed and I watched you like a creep, and when you caught me I was so mortified I nearly killed you for it.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“I like you,” she says quietly. “A lot.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“You were my first kiss.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“And then I see her. There she is. Man, this is a nice dream. But there she is. She’s touching my face. I turn my head a little, rest my cheek against the smooth, soft palm of her hand. It feels amazing. Nazeera. So fucking beautiful, I think.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Warner needed a minute to pick out a cute outfit and braid his hair—”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Sweetheart, how long do you plan on being friends with him?”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“I want to talk to Juliette. Ella. Jella. Jello. Whatever.” “Ella, love, please—let me kill him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“You were right.” My eyes widen, my heart still hammering in my chest. “Excuse me?” “You were right,” Castle says, and his voice catches on the last word. He clenches and unclenches his fists. “About Adam. And James.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“You were looking at her like you were in love with her!” “Jesus Christ, woman, I look at you like I’m in love with you!”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me

“Her eyes are big and bright and she’s staring at me like she’s just a girl and I’m just a guy and we’re not both just a pair of dumbasses headed directly for the sun. Like we’re not both murderers, more or less.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Reveal Me