Quotables @ Bookshelf

KimiNoNawa

“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.”

― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

KimiNoNawa

“He liked her; it was as simple as that.”

― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

Erinna

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

seribulan

KimiNoNawa

seribulan

bianglala

“We never know what is going to happen, do we? Life is always throwing us this way and that. That’s where the adventure is. Not knowing where you’ll end up or how you’ll fare. It’s all a mystery, and when we say any different, we’re just lying to ourselves. Tell me, when have you felt most alive?”

EOWYN IVEY, THE SNOW CHILD

bianglala

“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.”

VERONICA ROTH, INSURGENT

bianglala

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

NELSON MANDELA, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

bianglala

“There are two ways to remove a Band-Aid : slowly and painfully, or quickly and painfully. Your choice.”

JOHN WOOD, LEAVING MICROSOFT TO CHANGE THE WORLD

bianglala

“In biology, nothing is clear, everything is too complicated, everything is a mess, and just when you think you understand something, you peel off a layer and find deeper complications beneath. Nature is anything but simple.”

RICHARD PRESTON, THE HOT ZONE

bianglala

“You know, you spend your whole life feeling like you don’t quite fit in anywhere. And then you walk into a room one day, whether it’s at university or an office or some kind of club, and you just go, ‘Ah. There they are.’ And suddenly you feel at home.”

JOJO MOYES, ONE PLUS ONE

bianglala

“Hearts are breakable,” Isabelle said. “And I think even when you heal, you’re never what you were before”

CASSANDRA CLARE, CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS

bianglala

“The ways of men and women are such a puzzle. And I could barely decipher my own feelings, let along anyone else’s.”

MEGAN SHEPHERD, THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER

bianglala

“In the old days, when travelers would get lost, they would follow the stars and I love that idea. I wish that I could rely on something as simple and magnificent as a star for all of my aching questions.”

JENNIFER ELISABETH, BORN READY: UNLEASH YOUR INNER DREAM GIRL

bianglala

“Like an unprotected photograph, some friendships fade. People grow apart, lose touch, want different things. Dreams, woven together, unravel.”

KIMBERLY MARCUS, EXPOSED

seribulan

Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.
— Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel

dani-rox

"Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you’ll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won’t matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart."

—  Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

dani-rox

"I dreamed of you. I dreamed you were wandering in the dark, and so was I. We found each other."

—  Stephen King, The Green Mile

dani-rox

"In a sense, I’m the one who ruined me: I did it myself."

—  Haruki Murakami, 1Q84