Aqsa

“He's looking at the wall and at the floor and at the bedsheets and at the way his knuckles look when he clenches his fist but no not at me he won't look at me and his next words are so, so soft.

"Because they're dead, love. They're all dead.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Because the more I discover about him, the fewer excuses I have to push him away. He's unraveling before me, becoming something entirely different; terrifying me in a way I never could've expected.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I clench my fists and try not to scream and I tuck my friends in my heart and
revenge
I think
has never looked so sweet.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Switch spots with me, J. He's making me feel all goosebumpy and shit, like maybe he's about to knife me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me