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"There were as many truths - overlapping, stewed together - as there were tellers. The truth mattered less than the story's life. A story forgotten died. A story remembered not only lived, but grew."

“I get into bed and turn the lights out. I won’t be able to sleep, but I have to try. Eventually, I suppose, the nightmares will stop and I’ll stop replaying it over and over and over in my head, but right now I know that there’s a long night ahead. And I have to get up early tomorrow morning to catch the train.” -last sentences of this unsettling murder story. *Sigh

“I get into bed and turn the lights out. I won’t be able to sleep, but I have to try. Eventually, I suppose, the nightmares will stop and I’ll stop replaying it over and over and over in my head, but right now I know that there’s a long night ahead. And I have to get up early tomorrow morning to catch the train.” -last sentences of this unsettling murder story. *Sigh

“I looked out at the Custom House and the shifting streams of lights and the steady dark roll of the river under the falling snow, and I hoped to God that somehow or other, before it was too late, we would all find our way back home.” - was the closing line of this book.

Suka. Byk cerita mitologi yg asing. Tapi trus sampai baca bagian ini “At the time of his election, Mohammed was an illiterate camel-caravan master. But every day he would leave his home in Mecca and go out to a mountain cave to meditate. One day a voice called to him, "Write!" and he listened, and we have the Koran.” Dia bilang "Write" instead of "Recite!" Salah sebut atau... (Ini transkrip wawancara)

“When you find an author who really grabs you, read everything he has done. Don't say, "Oh, I want to know what So-and-so did" -- and don't bother at all with the best-seller list. Just read what this one author has to give you. And then you can go read what he had read. And the world opens up in a way that is consistent with a certain point of view.” -Joseph Campbell.

"...If you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesnt it? And isn't the whole point of things- beautiful things- that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture In one way or another?..."

Depressing. Uneasy. Addictive. Just the kind i love.

I just can't... with this book. Donna Tartt is my life goal.

200/900. Love.All the details.Antique stuffs. Depressing & complicated family relationship. Somehow it felt like recalling my own memories, except it wasn't my story, at all. Not the bombing, new york city, museum, painting... Oh, at first this book reminds me of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by JSF. That one is brilliant book, but i like this one a little bit more, so far

“See, feel, draw. One verb, go now. Do not think. Above all else: Do not think so much."

“Is there something you need in the world that only your two hands can create?” Excerpt From: Nelson, Jandy. “I'll Give You the Sun.”

“Is there something you need in the world that only your two hands can create?” Excerpt From: Nelson, Jandy. “I'll Give You the Sun.”

I get it when people said this book is full of metaphors. It distract me a little. But i like the premise, and hey this book just won Printz Medal.

"We'reconstantly changing facts, rewriting history to make it easier, to make them fit with our preferred version of events... We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves often enough that something happened, we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it... "

Diskon 30% di b&b :)

"But we...., make this web into a story that makes sense. We superimpose onto beginning, middle, and end. We decided who the main characters are, the good guys and the bad guys. We decided what the moral of the story is, and how everyone is supposed to feel about it."

"History doesnt intend to have some particular emotional value, or any particular moral. History doesnt have any intentions at all. Its just a never-ending web of events that can have pretty much any meaning at all"

Buku ini eugh... Might want to write longer review mungkin kalo udah selesai... Keyword: history nerd (and look at the cover... Isnt it cute? Dan itu coat warna forest green. Baru aj liat trench coat mirip itu di iklan online shop. Naksir. Tapi kalo pun punya. Mau dipake dimana fa? *Ehm mungkin buat nanti kalo pindah ke negeri empat musim lagi? :)) )