Top 10 Favorite Book Quotes

a weekly meme adopted by That Artsy Reader Girl
image source: here. typography: me.

To be honest, I have tons of favorite book quotes. I have read almost four hundred books, and if a book has as least two great quotes, then how many if we really count all of those pretty words? *crying* T_T So yeah, this Tuesday topic is definitely difficult. I want to write them all down here, of course, but it would be literally impossible. I have the urge to only write some book quotes about books, but at the same time I can't just throw away words from my favorite Jane Eyre or The Perks of Being a Wallflower's Charlie or Counting by 7s' Willow.

1. "So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."
—Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2. "It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever."
—Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

3. "I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse."
—Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

Book Kaleidoscope 2013 - Day 2: Top Five Most Memorable Quotes

a year-end feature hosted by Fanda Classiclit

Ah.. tema Book Kaleidoscope selain mengasyikkan juga bikin pusing. Kenapa? Pusing karena harus memilih. Ya, memilih itu sulit, temaaan. Kemarin sulit memilih pacar idaman, sekarang bingung pilih quotes yang paling memorable. Banyak bangeeeeet quotes yang memorable buatku. Pasti ada paling sedikit satu quotes dari sebuah buku yang aku tandain; dari quotes yang serius sampai yang aneh. Untungnya setelah bersemedi selama err... nggak lama sih, cuman satu jam, terpilihlah lima quotes yang paling memorable (kalau dalam kasusku sih yang paling menggambarkan aku banget, jadi ini seolah-olah curcol yak). :p

Quotes from Author #1

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life… You give them a piece of you. They didn’t ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like ‘maybe we should be just friends’ turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It’s a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.

—Neil Gaiman

Quote of the Day

Setelah beberapa lama,

kau akan mengerti perbedaan tipis antara menggandeng tangan dan membelenggu jiwa.

Dan kau akan mengerti bahwa cinta bukan berarti bersandar dan teman bukan berarti aman.

Dan kau akan mengerti bahwa ciuman bukanlah kontrak dan hadiah bukanlah janji.

Dan kau mulai menerima kekalahanmu sambil mengangkat kepala dan membuka mata,

dengan kelapangan dada seorang dewasa, bukan kesedihan seorang anak.

Dan kau belajar membangun semua jalanmu hari ini karena tanah hari ini sangat tak pasti,

sulit direncanakan.

Setelah beberapa lama kau mengerti bahwa sinar mentari pun akan membakarmu kalau berlebihan.

Jadi, tanamilah kebunmu dan hiasilah jiwamu,

jangan menunggu orang lain membawa bunga untukmu.

Dan kau mengerti bahwa kau bisa bertahan..

Bahwa kau sebenarnya kuat,

dan kau sebenarnya berharga.

Veronica A. Shoffstall

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