Cyrus Quotes

“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

“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

“But life cannot be experienced one emotion at a time. It is a tapestry of sensation, a braided rope of feeling. We must allow for reflection even when we suffer. We must reach for compassion even when we triumph. If you spend your days waiting for your sorrows to end so that you might finally live” – he shook his head – “you will die an impatient man.”
― 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

“My kingdom," he said softly. "For your hand.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“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

“I would worship him so he'd know that he was everything.”
― Mary Calmes, Frog

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

“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

“You really do love her?"
Cyrus said nothing. He didn't need to.”
― 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

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

“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

“Master yourself so that you will never be mastered. Know yourself so that you might live with conviction. Live with conviction so that your steps never falter.” He paused. “The mastery of self means never fearing the consequences of doing what is right.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

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

“Her heart was beating so hard she could hardly hear her own thoughts. 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

“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

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

“It truly amazes me how easily you delude yourself into believing I actually give a shit.-Cyrus DCCD”
― Bianca Sommerland, Deadly Captive

“Why are you still with me, Fry?" CyFi asks after one of his body-shaking seizures. "Any sane dude woulda taken off days ago.
"Who says I'm sane?"
"Oh, you're sane, Fry. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Fate, he thought bitterly, was only romantic when one was destined to be the hero.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“You must not resist life when it becomes inconvenient to live. You cannot outrun fear. You should not ignore pain. You will not outlive death.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“When you suffer,” Rostam went on, “you can choose to endure, or you can choose to overcome.” He gestured around them, to the vast expanse of the meadow. “Here, even in the midst of your discomfort, there existed elements of relief, if only you had bothered to search.”
― 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

“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

“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

“I’ve been waiting,” said Cyrus, “for this to be over.”
A spark of approval animated Rostam’s eyes. “And where have you waited, little one?”
Quietly, he said, “In the future.”
“Three hours of your life, lost.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“Hazan, he said, I have to fall back. The dragons know where to go and they’ll carry you to safety no matter what happens next—
"Wait—where are you going—?"
I must head off the other riders. All you need to do is hang on.
"Cyrus, you idiot you can't head off a team of riders on your own. You're going to get yourself killed—"
I’m not so easily killed, said Cyrus. She only makes it seem that way.
"You self-righteous bastard," said Hazan angrily. "You really think this is the time to be melodramatic?”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate

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― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate