Paper Thoughts

“His bride.
His wife.
It would be simpler for him to lay down and die for her than to try to convey the enormity of all that he felt in her presence.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate

“His enormous, unbridled smile was a cruel shock to her system, for it shattered the armor he wore, rendering him glorious in the aftermath.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate

“He couldn’t decide then what he loved most about her. He couldn’t choose, and he needn’t bother. She was unyielding tenderness; graceful strength. He wanted a life with her he was afraid even to fashion into thought. He wanted time with her he would never have. He wanted moments he did not deserve. Where she was everything, he was nothing, and never was this more apparent than now.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate

“I will say this once, angel, for I feel you should be warned. No man alive has ever loved a woman the way that I love you, and I would rather die, damned as I am, than disgrace us both with the pitiful, unrequited performance of my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate