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I'm wearing dead cotton on my limbs and a blush of roses on my face.

I’m wearing dead cotton on my limbs and a blush of roses on my face.
– Tahereh Mafi

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  8. I do know that I don’t want to wake him.We were up very late last night. – Tahereh Mafi
  9. I hope he doesn’t know he just touched my leg.And nothing happened. – Tahereh Mafi
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  18. Best to introduce yourself to patience now, so that it might find you when you call upon it later. – Tahereh Mafi
  19. First! Does this need to be said? Second! Does this need to be said by me? And third! Does this need to be said by me right now? – Tahereh Mafi
  20. And I don’t know much about anything in this world but I do know how to read The book written in his eyes. The way he looks at me. – Tahereh Mafi
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  23. Studies have shown that thinking and wondering lead to thoughtful decision-making. It’s an epidemic. – Tahereh Mafi
  24. My mind is a warehouse of carefully organized human emotions.I lock away the things that do not serve me. – Tahereh Mafi
  25. My thoughts, I think, will soon be sound.My mind, I hope, will soon be found. – Tahereh Mafi
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  35. Uh, yeah – how about a warm hell no to that request? Does that work for you? Because it works for me. – Tahereh Mafi
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