Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set Quotes

“I know you want it back,” he says, “but I’m afraid I’m going to have to
keep it forever.” He holds it up, shows it to me. Grins. And then puts it in
his pocket. The one place I’d never dare to reach.
“Why?” I can’t help but ask. “Why do you want it so much?”
He spends far too long just looking at me. Not answering my question.
And then he says
“On the darkest days you have to search for a spot of brightness, on the
coldest days you have to seek out a spot of warmth; on the bleakest days
you have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days you
have to leave them open to let them cry. To then let them dry. To give them a
chance to wash out the pain in order to see fresh and clear once again.”
“I can’t believe you have that memorized,” I whisper.
He leans back again. Closes his eyes again. Says, “Nothing in this life
will ever make sense to me but I can’t help but try to collect the change and
hope it’s enough to pay for our mistakes.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“Books are easily destroyed but words will love as long as people can remember them”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“But she refuses to die. She remains within me, an echo. She haunts the halls of my heart and mind and though I’d gladly murder her for a chance at freedom, I cannot. It’s like trying to choke a ghost.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“How can she be truly happy when she’s never dealt with her past? She’s never addressed it—merely set it aside. She’s never had the time, or the tools, to examine it. And that anger—that kind of rage,” Castle says, shaking his head, “does not simply disappear. She is volatile and unpredictable. And heed my words, son: Her anger will make an appearance again.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“I hate how easily I fade in and out of confidence, how I waver between who I was and who I could be. My past still clings to me, skeleton hands holding me back even as I push forward into the light. And I can’t help but wonder how different I’d be today if I’d ever had someone to encourage me when I was growing up.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“He’s my mother’s father, love.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“Because some people are so stupid that they actually think there are thick neon lines separating good and evil.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“Loneliness is a strange sort of thing. It creeps up on you, quiet and still, sits by your side in the dark, strokes your hair as you sleep. It wraps itself around your bones, squeezing so tight you almost can’t breathe, almost can’t hear the pulse racing in your blood as it rushes up your skin and touches its lips to the soft hairs at the back of your neck. It leaves lies in your heart, lies next to you at night, leaches the light out from every corner. It’s a constant companion, clasping your hand only to yank you down when you’re struggling to stand up, catching your tears only to force them down your throat. It scares you simply by standing by your side. You wake up in the morning and wonder who you are. You fail to fall asleep at night and tremble in your skin. You doubt you doubt you doubt do I don’t I should I why won’t I”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“sometimes you see yourself—you see yourself the way you could be—the way you might be if things were different. And if you look too closely, what you see will scare you, it’ll make you wonder what you might do if given the opportunity. You know there’s a different side of yourself you don’t want to recognize, a side you don’t want to see in the daylight. You spend your whole life doing everything to push it down and away, out of sight, out of mind. You pretend that a piece of yourself doesn’t exist. You live like that for a long time. For a long time, you’re safe. And then you’re not.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“Any voice of opposition, no matter how weak or feeble, no matter how unthreatening or innocuous, has been silenced.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“We’re going to celebrate the small and large joys. Birthdays and engagements. We’re going to find time for happiness. Because how can we stand against tyranny if we ourselves are filled with hate? Or worse— Nothing?”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“You traitorous son of a bitch,” someone says.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“It’s like a soap opera.” Ian nods. “But with worse acting.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“I beamed. The sun and the moon and the stars called and said, “Turn down the beaming, please, because you’re making it hard for us to see,” and I didn’t listen, I just kept on beaming.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

“My father,” he says. “This man is my father.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me: The Six-Novel Collection: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me