Oon

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/oonisme

Oon’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (17)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (363)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

books-i-cant-forget‎ (55)
british-authors‎ (41)
nobel-laureates‎ (23)
booker-prize-winners‎ (16)

indonesian-authors‎ (15)
japanese-authors‎ (14)
classic‎ (13)
post-colonial-literature‎ (8)

wish-list‎ (5)
poetry‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Oon’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) by Brandon Sanderson

4 highlights

But still, my ‘freedom’ is that of a leaf. Dropped from the tree, I just blow on the wind and pretend I’m in charge of my destiny.”

Oon’s Quotes

“When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.”
― Confucius

278 likes

“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

3364 likes

“To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.”
― John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice

858 likes

“It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.”
― Ken Kesey, Kesey's Garage Sale

tags: enlightenment, existence

1520 likes

“For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness.”
― James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues

213 likes

More of Oon’s quotes…

recent posts
Oon’s Groups

Indonesians Who Love English Books — 3918 members — last activity Jun 27, 2026 11:05PM
This group is created for Indonesians who love to read English books. Anyone is welcomed here. Books to be discussed are English books that can be fou ...more

Goodreads Indonesia — 27733 members — last activity 6 hours, 29 min ago
Goodreads Indonesia dibentuk tanggal 7 Juni 2007 oleh Femmy Syahrani dan ditujukan untuk para pembaca buku berbahasa Indonesia yang ingin mendiskusika ...more

Bandung — 866 members — last activity Nov 29, 2016 09:25PM
Grup ini adalah grup pencinta, pembaca buku, kuliner dan jalan-jalan untuk umum, tidak terbatas pada warga kota Bandung saja atau berdarah Sunda saja. ...more