Hannah

“At once, my body flushes with heat.
It’s automatic, instinctive, and unprecedented. I’m not this kind of person. I have never physically reacted to another human being before, and right now I feel as if someone has flipped a switch inside of me, flooding my veins with light. It’s so foreign a sensation I have the sudden desire to examine it, to search inside myself for the cause and kill it.
James is standing by the exit.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Watch Me

“This is not a level playing field.
It doesn’t come naturally to me to orchestrate the downfall of vulnerable women. I liked it better when she was actively trying to murder me. I liked it better before I made her cry. Hell, I could’ve sworn she used to talk more. And she never used to look at me like this, like a cat when it’s comfortable. Softly blinking, sleepy eyes. I don’t like it. It’s freaking me out. I need her to try to stab me or something, and soon. Really soon.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Watch Me

“After so many years being dead inside, James makes me feel alive.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Watch Me

“I've been watched by infinite eyes all my life, but no one has ever looked at me and made me feel safe.
No one but him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Release Me