Cal

“But time is beyond our finite comprehension. It's endless, it exists outside of us; we cannot run out of it or lose track of it of find a way to hold onto it. Time goes on even when we do not.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“I don't know how to respond except with the truth. "Laughter comes from the living." I shrug, trying to sound indifferent. "I've never really been alive before.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“My face is in his hands and my lips are at his lips and he's kissing me and I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Sometimes I think the loneliness inside of me is going to explode through my skin and sometimes I'm not sure if crying or screaming or laughing through the hysteria will solve anything at all. Sometimes I'm so desperate to touch and to be touched to feel that I'm almost certain I'm going to fall off a cliff in an alternate universe where no one will ever be able to find me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me