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“Hey, man— Um, I’m supposed to tell you that if you don’t get down here soon”—
Zain laughs nervously—“uh, Warner said he’s going to shoot you through the window?”
“Great,” James says angrily. “Thanks.”
“I mean I’m sure he wasn’t serious, but—”
“I’m sure he was serious.” James cuts him off. “We’re coming down the ladder now.”
― Tahereh Mafi (Author), Release Me

“The man is an incurable romantic.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me

“What is love if not devouring?”
― C.G. Drews, Hazelthorn

“She could probably ask me for anything right now. Fuck a jacket, I'd give her an organ. Any organ. She can pick the organ.
A single word is building inside of me, over and over, like a pulse in my throat.
Mine.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me