#daun

Kenapa selama ini orang praktis terlupa akan burung gereja, daun asam, harum tanah: benda-benda nyata yang, meskipun sepele, memberi getar pada hidup dengan tanpa cincong? Tidakkah itu juga sederet rahmat, sebuah bahan yang sah untuk percakapan, untuk pemikiran, untuk puisi—seperti kenyatan tentang cinta dan mati? (Caping 2, h. 72) ↗

— Goenawan Mohamad

#cinta #daun-asam #getar #harum-tanah #hidup

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#dauntless #four #tris #bravery

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. ↗

— Peter Davison

#coming #constantly #daunting #dealing #does

I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be? ↗

— Tony Goldwyn

#action #action movie #because #boring #characters

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away. ↗

— Adam Pascal

#daunting #get #i #inspiration #just

Don't laugh. A girl can dream. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#discouragement #dream #goals #hope #resolve

What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wraps it around my palm and squeezes. Squeezes, then lets go. His eyes are bloodshot; he is pale. “What did you do?” This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him, struggling against Peter’s grip, though his hands chafe. “What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. “I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#brave #dauntless #erudite #inspirational #insurgent

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#divergent #myself #rules

What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#dauntless #divergent #insurgent #tris-prior #bravery

To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#daunting #effect #everything #her #him