It has not the arrogance of wine, the self-consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.

The Book of Tea (Okakura Kakuzo)

That must be the awesomest description of tea I've ever encountered xD VIVA TEA \O/

Title: Slaughterhouse-Five (The Children's Crusade)
Author: Kurt Vonnegut

( as an earthling, i had to believe whatever clocks said-and calendars )

Title: Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily Brontë

( catherine earnshaw, may you not rest as long as i am living )

Sharing a small, amusing quote this time xD

Title: Hornet Flight
Author: Ken Follett

A conversation between Winston Churchill and one of his men after Hitler launched his Russian campaign.

"What are you going to do ( Read more... )

Up to date, this is still the most harrowing dystopia novel I've ever read :"|

Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood

( How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability? )

Finally, something from my favourite author of all time \o/

Title: Appointment with Death
Author: Agatha Christie

♠ ... the desire to succeed-to have power-leads to most ills of the human soul. If the desire is realised, it leads to arrogance, violence, and final satiety; and if it is denied-oh! if it is denied-let all the asylums for the insane ( Read more... )

I've been sick these last few days but thankfully I'm better now :") But because of that, I spent these two days mostly in bed and I used the chance to reread Pride and Prejudice lol I just love this book AND YAY KINDLE so yay quote time! xD

Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen

( it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife )

No more exam until Monday!! \o\ /o/

Okay, so here's the last few quotes from this book xD

Title: Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)
Author: Yoshida Kenko
Translated by: Donald Keene

Part 1
Part 2
( Part 3 )

Title: Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)
Author: Yoshida Kenko
Translated by: Donald Keene

Part 1
( Part 2 )

This one has waaaay to many quotes to be posted all at once. It takes up to ten pages of my quote book >_< So I'll just divide them into a few posts because too many good sayings at once is not really good after all xD

Title: Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)
Author: Yoshida Kenko
Translated by: Donald Keene

( Part 1 )