3 Days, 3 Quotes (Day 3)

It’s Day 3! I’m feeling a lot better now and managed to go to one lecture today. Hopefully, I’m good enough to go to the tute tomorrow, fingers crossed.

“You can be surrounded by people and still be lonely. You can be the most popular person in school, envied by every girl and wanted by every boy, and still feel completely worthless. The world can be laid at your feet and you can still not know what you want from it.”

— Chelsea Knot

This quote is from Speechless by Hannah Harrington, and it’s about a girl who took a vow of silence because the last secret she shared almost endangered someone. This quote is when she transformed from being the gossip girl of the school to someone who had all of that stripped away from her. It’s a very good read about personal discovery and growth.

Personally, this quote hit hard. I’m always surrounded by people, be it at home, in classes, in volunteering sessions, you name it. I’m vice president of an organisation, so I always have people texting me and calling me. My classmates ring me up to do their assignments with me. Despite that, sometimes I still catch myself feeling very lonely. All these people have their own circle of friends who would do anything for them, but not me. My family, best friend and boyfriend live far away from me and that hurts a lot. I have to admit, I got a bit emotional last week thinking nobody might even do anything for my birthday, which sucks because I’m not supposed to expect and ridiculous because my birthday isn’t for another two months!

Anyway, enough brooding! I’ll just send myself a couple of books and skincare stuff as a birthday gift, from me to me and celebrate when I’m meeting my BFF.

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Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you. Thanks again Chizurue!
• Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day, can be a super short post).
• Nominate three new bloggers each day.

I’m tagging you, the one reading this! Let me know if you do it so I can see your quotes.

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Did this quote resonate with you? I’d love to know I’m not the only one feeling like this.

3 Days, 3 Quotes (Day 2)

Day 2 of quotes and day 2 of being sick in bed! I’m getting better though so hopefully by tomorrow I’ll be able to go to lectures again.

I’ve shared this quote before in my review of The Last Wish, but I love this quote so much because this was the exact quote that got me into The Witcher. This is also another excuse for me to put more Geralt GIFs because I am weak.

“Lesser, greater, middling, it’s all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I’m not a pious hermit, I haven’t done only good in my life. But if I’m to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”

— Geralt of Rivia

In the game, this was mentioned when he had to make a choice between freeing a monster to save a few orphans or killing the monster to save more people. In this situation, he did not know what the repercussions are (and I won’t go into depth about that because spoilers!), but both are essentially evil. And being someone who does not align with any morals or politics, he says that he prefers not to choose, but in the end, a choice is made regardless.

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Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you. Thanks again Chizurue!
• Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day, can be a super short post).
• Nominate three new bloggers each day.

I’m tagging Aimie, Shruti, and Saman

3 Days, 3 Quotes (Day 1)

I’m such a sucker for quotes, so I was very delighted when Chizurue from Of Midnight Ravings tagged me for this! I’ll be hunting through my clippings for the next two days heh.

Because of the 37-degree (100F for non-S.I. users) heat wave in Sydney two days ago, I’m now bedridden and very sick. What else can I do aside from reading, blogging, and feeling sorry for myself? But this quote is very helpful in times like this.

“When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?”

— Marie-Laure

It’s from All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Marie-Laure is a girl who has lost almost everything: her sight, her father, her home. But I really admire the fact that she keeps pushing on, even in times of war. This is a really good read so you might want to check it out. So I guess now I’ll go to sleep, wake up tomorrow, and live my life as best as I can from the confines of my room. Stay hydrated everyone!

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RULES

• Thank the person who nominated you. Thanks Chizurue!
• Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day, can be a super short post).
• Nominate three new bloggers each day.

I nominate Kara, Kay, and Jasmine. If you don’t want to do it or if you’ve done it before, it’s fine!

 

Liebster Award

My first award!!! Kara from Bernard’s Book Blog nominated me for this award, and if she wasn’t nominated for this already, I’d nominate her because she’s so awesome and such a fun person to talk to. If you haven’t talked to her already, what are you still doing here? I promise this post isn’t going anywhere!

This award, The Liebster Award recognises new blogs to help bloggers get discovered, and I feel so overjoyed to be recognised! Be prepared for a lot of exclamation marks down the post.

The Ultimate Book Tag

Yay, my first book tag!

I started this post last week but then I moved back to Sydney because the semester is starting (it’s already started oh no) so this is super late. Anyway, better late than never!

This is a milestone I definitely should put in my journal. The lovely Kara from Bernard’s Book Blog tagged me for the Ultimate Book Tag. If you’re reading this and want to do it, do so and leave a comment with the link so I can see your answers as well.

This will be my first post with GIFs as well *gasps*, hopefully, I haven’t lost my meme-ic touch.