Mi > Mi's Quotes

“You think these recent events are everything. You think Aaron fell in love with your friend of several months, a rebel girl named Juliette. You don't know. You don't know. You don't know that Aaron has been in love with Ella for the better part of his entire life. They've known each other since childhood...…..The reason he had to keep wiping their memories was because it didn't matter how many times he reset the story or remade the introductions - Aaron always fell in love with her. Every time.


- Delalieu”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“The reason he had to keep wiping their memories was because it didn’t matter how many times he reset the story or remade the introductions— Aaron always fell in love with her. Every time.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“I can't remember a single time in my life when someone apologized to me for hurting my feelings. No one has ever cared about my feelings long enough to apologize for hurting them. In my experience, I'm usually the monster. I'm the one expected to make amends.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Marry me,' he whispers.
I stare at him, disbelief and joy colliding. And it's the look in his eyes —the hopeful, terrified look in his eyes— that nearly kills me. I'm suddenly crying.
I clasp my hands over my face. A sob escapes my mouth. Gently, he pries my hands away from my face.
'Ella?' he says, his words barely a whisper.
I'm still crying when I throw my arms around his neck, still crying when he says, a little nervously—
'Sweetheart, I really need to know if this means yes or no—'
'Yes,' I cry, slightly hysterical. 'Yes, yes to everything with you. Yes to forever with you. Yes.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“And I realize then, in a moment that terrifies me, that I want this, forever. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I want to build a future with her. I want to grow old with her.
I want to marry her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“I know I'm petty and I don't care.

- Kenji”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Have you ever heard of Blue Streak?"
I blink at him. "That's the name of a movie?"
"Romeo Must Die? Bad Boys? Rush Hour? Rush Hour 2? Rush Hour 3? Actually, Rush Hour 3 wasn't that great. Tangled?
"That last one, I believe, is a cartoon about a girl with very long hair, inspired by the German fairy tale Rapunzel."
Kenji looks like he might be choking. "A cartoon?" he says, outraged. "Tangled is not a cartoon. Tangled is one of the greatest movies of all time. It's about fighting for freedom and true love.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“It was obvious, every time he put them in the same room. They were like magnets.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Ocean had given me hope. He’d made me believe in people again. His sincerity had rubbed me raw, had peeled back the stubborn layers of anger I’d lived in for so long. Ocean made me want to give the world a second chance.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“Please don’t walk away from me because you’re worried about the opinions of racists and assholes. Walk away from me because you hate me,” he said. "Tell me you think I’m stupid and ugly and I swear this would hurt less.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“Ocean, azizam,” she said, “please tell Shirin she should stop swearing so much. It’s always asshole this, bullshit that. I say to her, Shirin joon, why are you so obsessed with shit? Why everything is shit?”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“How can you say that?” he said, and I heard his voice break. “How can you even think that? I want this more than I’ve ever wanted anything. I want everything with you,” he said. “I want all of it with you. I want you. I want this forever.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“If the decision you’ve made has brought you closer to humanity, then you’ve done the right thing.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“Love with all your heart and show kindness in all your actions.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“To the girls who dream of meeting a prince
but end up falling for the misunderstood villain.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“how can we appreciate the sun every morning if we don’t live through the dark?”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“She feels perfect in my arms, and I’m tempted to keep her tucked beside me where I can protect her from all the darkness in the world, including myself.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“Like a diamond built under pressure, with flaws that make us stunning.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“If I had a heart to give, it would be all yours. Free of cost.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“You know how the saying goes. Act like a dick, lose said dick.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“I’ll never stop being greedy when it comes to Zahra. She will always be the exception to any rule and the one person I’m willing to screw the world over for. Because if she’s not happy, I’ll ruin whatever stole her smile, myself included.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“You like me," I blurt out.

"No. I tolerate you more than most people. That's why I want to date you,”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“You’ll learn that the best rewards come with the biggest consequences. Because nothing that great is given for free.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“That’s why you always check the fine print.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“I'm not sure what I did right in my life to deserve your love, but I'll stop at nothing to protect it.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“Bloom even when the sun doesn't shine.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“If you let lesser people determine your self-worth, you'll never reach higher than their limited imagination.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“Love.” The word floated between us on a soft gust of air. “Deep, abiding, unconditional love. You want it so much you’re willing to live for it.” Most people thought the biggest sacrifice they could make was to die for something. They were wrong. The biggest sacrifice someone could make was to live for something—to allow it to consume you and turn you into a version of yourself you didn’t recognize. Death was oblivion; life was reality, the harshest truth that had ever existed.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“Consider it a lesson for the future. Pretty words and pretty faces don’t equal pretty souls.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“I’m trying to save you, Ava,” he said…
“From what?” I refused to look at him, but I could see him watching me out of the corner of my eye.
“From me.”
I didn’t respond, because how was I supposed to tell the man determined to save me that I didn’t want to be saved?”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love