Chiara

“I want it all, angel. Not just your joy but your sorrow. Not just your hope but your fear, I want your anger and disdain, your frustration and contempt--”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“This tremble inside him, this madness in his heart--it was all for her. All for her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“What are you talking about?" she asked, alarmed. "You speak as if I harmed you-"
He laughed then, laughed like he might be coming unhinged. "Of course you don't know. Why would you? How could you possibly know the truth? That you've been haunting me for so long-tormenting me every night-"
"Cyrus, stop it," she said. "You're not being fair-I never even knew you-"
"You don't understand," he said, tortured. "I've been dreaming about you for months.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“He came to life when she smiled, drew breath when her eyes brightened, died when she left a room.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory