Sarip Dol

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“Setidak-tidaknya, apa-apa buku baru (yang ditulis) hendaklah mengambil kira salah satu dari tujuh perkara berikut: Melakukan pembaharuan yang tidak pernah dilakukan oleh sesiapa (penulis yang lain), menyempurnakan (tatmim) apa yang kurang dalam sesuatu penulisan, menerangkan (sharh) sesuatu penulisan yang tidak jelas, meringkaskan (talkhis) perbincangan yang bercabang-cabang, menyusun (tartib) mana-mana penulisan yang tidak teratur, menghimpunkan (jam’u) penulisan yang berselerak atau membetulkan (tashih) kesilapan sesebuah penulisan.”
― Shams al-Din al-Babuli

“If you should rise from Nowhere up to Somewhere,
From being No one up to being Someone,
Be sure to keep repeating to yourself
You owe it to an arbitrary god
Whose mercy to you rather than to others
Won’t bear to critical examination.
Stay unassuming. If for lack of license
To wear the uniform of who you are,
You should be tempted to make up for it
In a subordinationg look or toe,
Beware of coming too much to the surface
And using for apparel hat was meant
To be the curtain of the inmost soul.”
― Robert Frost

“There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.”
― Shmuley Boteach