These Infinite Threads Quotes

“With all due offense, sire, please fuck off.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“My kingdom," he said softly. "For your hand.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“I need your help, sleepy boy. Can you do something for me?
"Anything.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“He laughed a little, like he was drunk. "I do say it a lot."

"What?" she said, going briefly still.

"Your name," he said, and closed his eyes. He nearly fell over, catching himself at the last second. "I didn't know your name for so long, angel. I love the way it feels in my mouth.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“And I have a theory," she went on, "that if I were badly wounded, you would help me. True or false?"
He went silent.
He was silent so long Alizeh had time enough to watch a drop of dew drip off a glossy green leaf.
"True or false, Cyrus?"
She heard his uneven exhale, the raw edge to his voice when he said, irritably, "False."
The nosta flashed cold.
"Liar," she whispered.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Say you came back for me," he whispered. There was a thread of desire in his voice that threatened the good sense in her head, her very composure. "Tell me you came to find me. That you changed your mind."

"How--how can you even say such things," she said, her hands beginning to tremble, "on an evening you are meant to choose another as your bride?"

"I choose you," he said simply. "I want you.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“God, you're so beautiful," he said, his smile vanishing. "Even when you lie to me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Don't be afraid of me, angel. I won't hurt you. I'll never hurt you.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Her heart was beating so hard she could hardly hear her own thoughts. Cyrus had looked at her many times since she'd met him, and always with varying levels of intensity, but never quite like this. Never like he wanted to fall to his knees before her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“What worlds he might be inspired to give up, he wondered, in the pursuit of knowing more of her mind.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Cyrus," she said patiently, "you can't just ask a girl to marry you and then decline to answer a single question about yourself."

"Try me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Cyrus had looked at her many times since she'd met him, and always with varying levels of intensity, but never quite like this. Never like he wanted to fall to his knees before her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“He leaned in, so close that he could feel his whisper against her lips as he spoke. "Try to weaponize those eyes against me again and I will have them permanently sewn shut.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“I always thought you were some kind of an angel.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“You have no idea what I could give you," he said, his own eyes blazing. "You have no idea what I want. I have been in agony for eight months, Alizeh. Do you know how hard it's been to pretend I don't know you? To pretend I don't want you? To act as if I haven't known every inch of your body in my dreams? To learn that your heart has been entangled elsewhere? I look at you and I can't breathe. In my mind, you are already mine.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Never before had he been so consumed by the thoughts of anyone.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Alizeh was no longer smiling. Her heart was beating so hard she thought it might bruise. "What shall I say, then?"

"Your name. I want to hear it from your lips."

She took a breath. Released it slowly.
"My name," she said, "is Alizeh. I am Alizeh of Saam, the daughter of Siavosh and Kiana. Though you may know me better as the lost queen of Arya."

He stiffened at that, went silent.

Finally he moved, one hand capturing her face, his thumb grazing her cheek in a fleeting moment, there and gone again. His voice was a whisper when he said, "Do you wish to know my name, too, Your Majesty?"

"Kamran," she said softly, "I already know who you are."

She was unprepared when he kissed her, for the darkness had denied her a warning before their lips met, before he claimed her mouth with a need that stole from her an anguished sound, a faint cry that shocked her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Tell me your name," he whispered.
Slowly, very slowly, Alizeh touched her fingers to his waist, anchored herself to his body. She heard his soft intake of breath.
"Why?" she asked.
He hesitated, briefly, before he said, "I begin to fear you've done me irreparable damage. I should like to know who to blame.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Suddenly, she couldn't breathe.

He was close now, his eyes bright, burning. She'd never seen such tightly restrained emotion in his face or in the lines of his body. His desire was so potent it was intoxicating; she felt herself tremble under the weight of it. He wanted to touch her--she knew this, she saw it in the rigid control he maintained over his hands, in the stiffness of his stance, in the way he moved incrementally closer until she saw nothing but him. His eyes dropped to her lips and his own lips parted, drew breath. He exhaled shakily.

She worried that if she said a word, she might combust.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“She saw an intensity in his stunning irises, something desperate straining against his control, and she swore in that moment she could almost feel his soul pressing against hers.

Even then, he was breathtaking.

Some quiet, foolish part of her wanted to rest her bones against his powerful body, feel the weight of his arms around her. She wanted to stroke his cheek one last time.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“He'd forgotten how beautiful she was.
This revelation was astonishing to him, for he'd spent more time than he cared to admit thinking about the girl, conjuring her face when he closed his eyes at night. He did not think of himself capable of forgetting anything about her, and yet he must have, for he was struck stupid anew, drawing near her now like a hungry flame to tinder.”
― Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom

“Do you really not see what you've done to me? In a matter of days you've stripped me down and upended my world. My hours are in disarray, my future is in chaos, and my head--my head--”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“It made him think of Alizeh.
It was impossible not to think of her then, to be reminded of the linchpin of the tragic story that had become his life. Alizeh, who'd awoken in him emotion he'd never before experienced, who'd opened his eyes to a kind of glorious madness he hadn't even know was possible--and then, with a tender smile, so delicately snapped in half his entire world.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads