Restore Me Quotes

“So this—
This is agony.
This is what they talk about when they talk about heartbreak. I thought I knew what it was like before. I thought I knew, with perfect clarity, what it felt like to have my heart broken, but now—now I finally understand.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Go to hell, Kishimoto.” “I'm right behind you, bro.” He winks at me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“What the hell is wrong with you, man? I thought we were cool.”
“We were,” Warner says icily. “Until you touched my hair.”
“You asked me to give you a haircut—”
“I said nothing of the sort! I asked you to trim the edges!”
“And that’s what I did.”
“This,” Warner says, spinning around so I might inspect the damage, “is not trimming the edges, you incompetent moron—”
I gasp. The back of Warner’s head is a jagged mess of uneven hair; entire chunks have been buzzed off.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“In the steady thrum that accompanies quiet, my mind is unkind to me. I think too much. I feel, perhaps, far more than I should. It would be only a slight exaggeration to say that my goal in life is to outrun my mind, my memories.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Loneliness is a bitter, wretched companion. Sometimes it just won't let go”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I’m sorry I ever asked you guys to be friends. You don’t have to be friends. You don’t even have to like each other. Forget I said anything.”
Warner drops his crossed arms.
Kenji raises his eyebrows.
“I promise,” I say. “No more forced hangout sessions. No more spending time alone without me. Okay?”
“You swear?” Kenji says.
“I swear.”
“Thank God,” Warner says.
“Same, bro. Same.”
And I roll my eyes, irritated. This is the first thing they’ve managed to agree on in over a week: their mutual hatred of my hopes for their friendship.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“The destruction of the world didn’t happen overnight, and neither will saving it,”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Men are always so baffled by women’s clothing. So many opinions about a body that does not belong to them. Cover up, don’t cover up - no one can seem to decide.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“There is a strange kind of freedom in giving up.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“you know what I think, she says, still smiling, about somebody telling me what's legal and illegal of the way i dress? she holds up two middle fingers.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“But the fire of true hatred, I realise, cannot exist without the oxygen of affection. I would not hurt so much, or hate so much, if I did not care.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“She's never lived anywhere but in books and memories.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I'm very tired," I say to him. "Please go directly to hell”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“I'd chained the terrified little girl of my past in some unknowable dungeon inside of me where she and her fears had been carefully stored, sealed away.
Her memories, suffocated.
Her anger, ignored.
I do not speak to her. I don't dare look in her direction. I hate her.
But right now I can hear her crying.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“The sound of my agony is lost in the wind, carried off by the clouds.”
― Taharef Mafi

“here
in the dark,
dusty corners of my mind
I feel a strange relief.
I am always welcome here
in my l o n e l i n e s s , in my s a d n e s s
in this abyss, there is a rhythm I remember.
The steady drop of tears, the temptation to
retreat, the shadow of my past
the life I choose to forget has not
w i l l n e v e r
e v e r
f o r g e t me”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“You can be restored, if you repent.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“

here

in the dark,
dusty corners of my mind
I feel a strange relief.
I am always welcome here
in my l o n e l i n e s s , in my s a d n e s s
in this abyss, there is a rhythm I remember.
The steady drop of tears, the temptation to
retreat, the shadow of my past
the life I choose to forget has not
w i l l n e v e r
e v e r
f o r g e t me”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me