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“Because these words I write down are the only proof I have that I'm still alive”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unite Me

“She put my hand in the fire once. Jus to see if it would burn, she said. Just to check if it was a regular hand, she said. I was 6 years old then. I remember because it was my birthday.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unite Me

“Kenji grins. 'Okay then. Let's go get our girl back.'
'My girl,' I correct him. 'She's my girl.'
Kenji snorts as we head in the direction of the compounds. 'Right. Minus the part where she's actually not your girl. Not anymore.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unite Me

“I've learned to stare at things. The walls. My hands. The cracks in the walls. The lines on my fingers. The shades of gray in the concrete. The shape of my fingernails. I pick one thing and stare at it for what must be hours. I keep time in my head by counting the seconds as they pass. I keep days in my head by writing them down. Today is day two. Today is the second day. Today is a day.

Today.

It's so cold. It's so cold. It's so cold.

Please please please

I started screaming today.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unite Me

“This doesn’t happen. People aren’t forgotten like this. Not abandoned like this.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unite Me

“I’ve never read anything like this before. I’ve never read anything that could speak directly to my bones.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unite Me