Ali

“Tattoos, for example, are very hard to forget. I think there's something about the impermanence of life these days that makes it necessary to etch ink into our skins. It reminds us that we've been marked by the world, that we're still alive. That we'll never forget.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be wrong.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.”
― Raymond Carver

“I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me