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“I don't think I knew I was lonely until I met you.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“Sometimes it feels like I didn't even exist before that. Like you invented me.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“I could feel my insides sink. My knees too. So I sat on the ground, against the wall, letting it support me. I thought I knew what heartbreak felt like. I thought heartbreak was me, standing alone at the prom. That was nothing. This, this was heartbreak. The pain in your chest, the ache behind your eyes. The knowing that things will never be the same again. It’s all relative, I suppose. You think you know love, you think you know real pain, but you don’t. You don’t know anything.”
― Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

“I know Mom's always saying friends come and go and family is forever, and maybe that's true. But your family isn't gonna be there when Meckley Mingo chases with his belt on your way home you from school.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Book 8

“Some people won't understand your hijab, Mama had said. But if you understand who you are, one day they will too.”
― Ibtihaj Muhammad, The Proudest Blue

“Don't carry around the hurtful words that others say. Drop them. They are not yours to keep. They belong only to those who said them.”
― Ibtihaj Muhammad, The Proudest Blue

“Once I stopped trying so damn hard to be someone else, I started to enjoy life. Being alone was hard, but better than feeling shitty about myself all the time”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“If I lied, the real me would disappear.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“There's nothing fucking worse than knowing that you're just like everybody else.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“Learn everything. Fill your mind with knowledge—it’s the only kind of power no one can take away from you.” Hansu never told him to study, but rather to learn, and it occurred to Noa that there was a marked difference. Learning was like playing, not labor.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“A promise is not a kiss in the wind, to be thrown about without care,” I murmured to myself. “It is a piece of yourself that is given away and will not return until your pledge is fulfilled.”
― Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon’s Promise

“Your heart is your home. Until you understand that, you belong nowhere.”
― Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon's Promise

“Was it worse to be a kite with no anchor, wandering lost on the wind, or a kite that didn't dare seize the wind and never flew?”
― Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon's Promise

“Surround yourself with those who’ll love you always through your mistakes and your faults. Make a family that will find you more beautiful every day, even when your hair is white with age. Be the light that makes someone’s lantern shine.”
― Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon's Promise

“Tetapi kita lahir di dunia ini bukan demi menduduki peringkat pertama. Setiap orang lahir di dunia ini untuk alasan yang berbeda dan menjalani kehidupan yang berbeda-beda. Yang terpenting adalah bahwa setiap manusia di dunia ini adalah orang-orang yang istimewa.”
― Suyoung Kim, Kafe Ajaib Yang Memasak Impian

“Kita diberi satu kehidupan, dan satu kehidupan itu adalah kumpulan dari saat-saat ini. Dan kita bisa membuat banyak pilihan setiap saatnya. Kau bisa mengeluh tentang apa yang tidak kaumiliki, kau bisa tenggelam dalam depresi, atau kau bisa berusaha mencapai apa yang kauinginkan. Pilihan-pilihan itu akan membuatmu berbeda setelah sepuluh, dua puluh, atau tiga puluh tahun lagi. Kehidupan seperti apa yang kaupilih?”
― Suyoung Kim, Kafe Ajaib Yang Memasak Impian

“Kau harus menghargai diri sendiri supaya dunia juga menghargaimu. Yakinlah impianmu pasti akan tercapai. Tataplah dirimu di cermin setiap pagi dan ucapkan kata-kata tadi kepada diri sendiri. Dan suatu hari nanti kau akan menyadari bahwa kau adalah orang yang paling istimewa di dunia.”
― Suyoung Kim, Kafe Ajaib Yang Memasak Impian

“Begitulah. Jika hidup kita adalah sebuah film, kitalah yang menentukan alur ceritanya seperti sutradara atau tokoh utamanya. Semua orang pasti mengalami rintangan, tetapi kitalah yang memilih apakah kita akan menyerah atau terus berusaha.”
― Suyoung Kim, Kafe Ajaib Yang Memasak Impian

“Jika kau ingin mewujudkan impianmu, berhentilah merasa cemas dan lakukan saja.”
― Suyoung Kim, Kafe Ajaib Yang Memasak Impian