Jihad Mahmoud

“I can well imagine the extent of his relationship with my father,' Warner says, shaking his head. 'And that he has managed to survive it at all, and with more humanity than I did?' A pause. 'No,' he says. 'I cannot hate him. And I would be lying if I said I didn't admire him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I hate that I let myself be so passive my whole life, and I see now how differently things could've been if I'd had faith in myself when it mattered. I don't want to go back to that. I won't. Not ever.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“How strange that we can go from friends to inseparable to hateful then casual all in one lifetime.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I'm here for you kid. That's what friends are for.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me