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“He came to life when she smiled, drew breath when her eyes brightened, died when she left a room.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“More than that, he wanted to fall to his knees. This tremble inside him, this madness in his heart—it was all for her. All for her. He could hardly look at Alizeh without losing his mind; nearly four weeks he’d seen her only in his dreams, and he’d all but forgotten how finely wrought she was in real life, how delicate her features, how soft the curves of her cheeks. He came to life when she smiled, drew breath when her eyes brightened, died when she left a room. She’d smelled like roses. His roses.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“You can’t lie to me forever, Cyrus. I’m going to find out the truth about you, and when I do, I promise you this: I’ll ruin him. I’ll make the devil regret the day he was born.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“He wanted to make her laugh. He wanted to hold her hand. He wanted to bring her tea and walk with her through the seasons. He wanted to watch her conquer the earth.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“It occurred to him then, with a vague panic, that he'd follow her off a cliff if she were the one to lead him there.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“Fiction or not, she'd embedded inside him, replaced the air in his lungs. That she'd proven to be real--more exquisite than he'd dreamed--and entirely ignorant of him, had been more than he could bear.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“You really do love her?"
Cyrus said nothing. He didn't need to.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“This tremble inside him, this madness in his heart--it was all for her. All for her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“I need your help, sleepy boy. Can you do something for me?
"Anything.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Cyrus had looked at her many times since she'd met him, and always with varying levels of intensity, but never quite like this. Never like he wanted to fall to his knees before her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“What worlds he might be inspired to give up, he wondered, in the pursuit of knowing more of her mind.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“For as long as he lived he feared he'd know the scent of her, the sound of her walking toward him. She was a fool to think otherwise.
He was a fool to think of her at all.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“What are friends for, if not to kill your enemies?”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“He might be driven to kill a man just to improve her view out a window. He might renege on the entire deal, just as the devil desired.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“Don't be afraid of me, angel. I won't hurt you. I'll never hurt you.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Never before had he been so consumed by the thoughts of anyone.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“I want it all, angel. Not just your joy but your sorrow. Not just your hope but your fear, I want your anger and disdain, your frustration and contempt--”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“Tell me your name," he whispered.
Slowly, very slowly, Alizeh touched her fingers to his waist, anchored herself to his body. She heard his soft intake of breath.
"Why?" she asked.
He hesitated, briefly, before he said, "I begin to fear you've done me irreparable damage. I should like to know who to blame.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“He realized, with some despair, that everything would now remind him of her. The very sun and moon, the shifting of lightness and dark.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Every night a new facet of his soul died for her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“I always thought you were some kind of an angel.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“He'd forgotten how beautiful she was.
This revelation was astonishing to him, for he'd spent more time than he cared to admit thinking about the girl, conjuring her face when he closed his eyes at night. He did not think of himself capable of forgetting anything about her, and yet he must have, for he was struck stupid anew, drawing near her now like a hungry flame to tinder.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Will you not give me hope?" he whispered. "Tell me I will see you again. Ask me to wait for you.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“He knew at once he'd been tricked; he knew at once she was an instrument of the devil, sent to ruin him. And yet he weakened each time she looked in his direction. His need grew only more explosive as she solidified into someone real; always he desired another glance, another accidental graze of her skin.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“He didn't need to turn to see her, for Alizeh lived always in luxury behind his eyes; he turned because the act of aligning his body towards hers was chased every time by a strange relief.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“As much as it tortured him to look at her, it tortured him more to look away.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“It made him think of Alizeh.
It was impossible not to think of her then, to be reminded of the linchpin of the tragic story that had become his life. Alizeh, who'd awoken in him emotion he'd never before experienced, who'd opened his eyes to a kind of glorious madness he hadn't even know was possible--and then, with a tender smile, so delicately snapped in half his entire world.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“There exists no bridge between our lives; no path that connects our worlds."
"How can that matter? Is this not one day to be my empire, to rule as I see fit? I will build a bridge. I can clear a path.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Farewell," she whispered. "Our time together has come to an end. We will never meet again. Our worlds will never again collide.
"Don't say that," he said, suddenly serious. His hand moved to her wait, traveled up the curve of her rib cage. "Say anything but that."
Alizeh was no longer smiling, Her heart was beating so hard she thought it might bruise. "What shall I say, then?"
"Your name. I want to hear it from your lips.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“I choose you," he said simply. "I want youj.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom