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AJIP ROSIDI Bagi saya, hidup terlalu singkat untuk dilewatkan dengan biasa biasa saja. - Kugy DEE LESTARI beberapa orang bilangsaya gila beberapa orang bilang saya bodoh namun, beberapa orang bila... EMMANUELLA ELMA Sebagai orang tua, saya merasa, setiap pertanyaan anak adalah sebuah “teaching moments”. Itu ada... NAILAL FAHMI Saya belajar dari kisah hidup seseorang. Hati tidak pernah memilih. Hati dipilih. Jadi, kalau Keenan... DEE LESTARI kepuasan diri melindungi orang bahkan dari terkena pilek. pernahkah seorang perempuan yang tahu bahw... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Hidup telah menunjukkan dengan caranya sendiri bahwa aku senantiasa dipandu. Tak perlu tahu ke mana ... DEE LESTARI Gy, jalan kita mungkin berputar, tetapi satu saat, entah kapan, kita pasti punya kesempatan jadi dir... DEE LESTARI Ya Rabb, Engkaulah alasan semua kehidupan ini. Engkaulah penjelasan atas semua kehidupan ini. Perasa... TERE LIYE Kalau yang memuji itu teman baik, itu biasa. Kalau yang mencela itu musuh, juga biasa. Tapi kalau ya... A.A. NAVIS Aku belum tahu apakah Islam itu sebenarnya. Aku baru tahu Islam menurut HAMKA, Islam menurut Natsir,... AHMAD WAHIB Enam puluh tahun kami menikah. Dua belas anak. Tentu saja ada banyak pertengkaran. Kadang merajuk di... TERE LIYE Ibu, rasa nyaman selalu membuat orang-orang sulit berubah. Celakanya, kami sering kali tidak tahu ka... TERE LIYE Ada orang bilang bahwa cinta pasti dapat menyelesaikan segala problema yang ada. Padahal mungki... TOBA BETA Jika kita memilih tidak peduli, lebih sibuk dengan urusan masing-masing, nasib negeri ini persis sep... TERE LIYE Pekerjaanmu kelak hanya penyambung nafkah, sebesar apapun kamu mencintainya, jangan takut untuk meni... DEE LESTARI Kita memang hanya akan dipertemukan dengan apa-apa yang kita cari. HAMKA Aku ingin sekali mengatakan padamu bahwa segalanya akan berakhir dengan baik untuk kita, dan bahwa a... NICHOLAS SPARKS Agama, sebaliknya tidak mengklaim untuk jadi petunjuk praktis pengubah dunia. Semangat agama yang pa... GOENAWAN MOHAMAD Pilihan kitalah Harry yang menunjukkan orang seperti apa sebenarnya kita, lebih dari kemampuan kita.... J.K. ROWLING Kau tak tahu apa-apa soal keberanian. Untuk menjadi berani, harus ada yang dipertaruhkan. Aku datang... KHALED HOSSEINI Hanya sunyi, yang sanggup mengajarkan kita, untuk tak mendua. EMHA AINUN NADJIB Sejatinya, rasa suka tidak perlu diumbar, ditulis, apalagi kau pamer-pamerkan. Semakin sering kau me... TERE LIYE Pada masa ini sebuah teori sering terdengar seperti sebuah omong besar yang melalaikan kenyataan bah... GOENAWAN MOHAMAD Walau tak ada yang sempurna, hidup ini indah apa adanya. DEE LESTARI Maaf, buku ini hanya dijual di Gramedia, jadi sangat tak mungkin apabila buku ini Anda bilang "bisa ... BUNGA MAWAR MAAFIN ILHAM YA... I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling. VICTORIA AVEYARD Bagaimana cantik, bijak, kaya dan datang dari keluarga yang bagus sekalipun, jika perempuan itu buka... NORHAYATI BERAHIM Kalau kausingkirkan semua yang mustahil, apa pun yang tersisa, betapapun mustahilnya, adalah kebenar... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Kita perlu faham bahawa hak manusia perlu diraikan dengan syarat mengikuti panduan syarak. Jika semu... NAJMI NAWAWI Kita perlu faham bahawa hak manusia perlu diraikan dengan syarat mengikuti panduan syarak. Jika semu... NAJMI NAWAWI Itukan hanya mimpi Amir agha. Dalam mimpi kita bisa melakukan apa saja - Hassan KHALED HOSSEINI Jangan pernah kehilangan dirimu sendiri hanya tuk bertahan pada seseorang yg bahkan tak peduli jika ... VERGI CRUSH Semua orang akan melukan engkau, semua orang akan membuatkan engkau kecewa. Yang itu engkau tak bole... SAHARIL HASRIN SANIN Apa yang harus kita lakukan pada kenangan yang memaksa untuk terus diingat? RADITYA DIKA Apa kata pepatah, hidup harus terus berlanjut, tak peduli seberapa menyakitkan atau seberapa membaha... TERE LIYE Selama lebih tujuh tahun aku terpenjara tugas ini. Seperti bom yang hanya menunggu waktu DIAN NAFI Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ALBUS DUMBLEDORE Kemurnian barangkali memang tak ditakdirkan untuk dunia yang tak kekal, tak tunggal, ini. GOENAWAN MOHAMAD Fey bersifat magis, tidak logis, dan tidak bisa dijelaskan. Sains tidak dapat membuktikan keberadaan... JULIE KAGAWA Hanya mereka yang mengenal trauma, mereka yang pernah dicakar sejarah, tahu benar bagaimana menerima... GOENAWAN MOHAMAD Benar bahwa kamu punya hak untuk mencoba menemukan pengganti perempuan itu. Tapi bukan begitu carany... PUTHUT EA Percayalah, membiarkan dirimu sengsara hanya untuk menyenangkan orang lain tidak ada hubungannya den... FRANCISCA TODI Dia ada di sisimu setiap kali kau membutuhkannya, tapi apa kau ada di sisinya saat dia paling membut... WINNA EFENDI We had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting. RUPERT GRINT Kita tidak akan pernah benar-benar berhenti mencintai seseorang. Kita hanya belajar untuk hidup tanp... WINNA EFENDI Tidak perlu janji. Insya Allah sudah lebih dari cukup, Nak. Karena kita tidak pernah tahu apa yang a... TERE LIYE Kamu pasti tahu dari buku-buku di perpustakaanmu bahwa orang kalau sudah beragama secara benar, menj... SUJIWO TEJO Draco: "Hermione Granger, I’m being bossed around by Hermione Granger." — J.K. Rowling (Ha... J.K. ROWLING LDraco: "Hermione Granger, I’m being bossed around by Hermione Granger." — J.K. Rowling (H... J.K. ROWLING Lo tahu apa yang paling menyakitkan dari sebuah perpisahan? Kenyataan bahwa lo akan menemukan dia ya... DIEGO CHRISTIAN We never had any doubt that Harry Potter and his world came from the rich and extraordinary imaginat... BARBARA MARCUS I have spent many, many hours reading J.K. Rowling's work. I am a known 'Harry Potter' f... LEV GROSSMAN Hanya karena sebagian dari kita pernah mencintai orang yang salah, bukan berarti kita dikutuk untuk ... JEANIENE FROST Maha Suci Engkau Ya Allah, yang telah menciptakan perasaan. Maha Suci Engkau yang telah menciptakan ... TERE LIYE Kalian boleh maju dalam pelajaran, mungkin mencapai deretan gelar kesarjanaan apa saja, tapi tanpa m... PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER The Hobbit is based on an earlier, shorter book, written by legendary author J.K. Rowling. This make... MIKE STOKLASA Margo menyukai misteri sejak dulu. Dan dalam semua hal yang terjadi setelahnya, aku tidak pernah bis... JOHN GREEN By the way, the Harry Potter series is literature, in spite of what some people might say. The way J... GARY OLDMAN Bila hidup ini memang pertarungan, kita baru tahu siapa yang menang dan kalah di akhir kehidupan. Se... FRANCISCA TODI Jika kehidupan adalah suatu teks yang berirama, aku hidup pada bait ketiga dimana tak banyak orang y... NOM DE PLUME Ketika kau memiliki firasat buruk tentang kehilangan orang yang paling berharga, kau akan mencoba un... K.A.Z. VIOLIN Nobody sells books like J.K. Rowling. We have a rule in publishing: Never compare anything to 'H... CASSANDRA CLARE Aku melumpuhkan inderaku saat aku bersamamu; Telinga yang mendengar betapa buruknya dirimu dari... AHIMSA MURFI Karena sesungguhnya cinta tidak pernah meminta untuk menanti. Ia mengambil kesempatan atau mempersil... RIZQIYYAH YASMIN Lihat, ini Arok, yang tetap mempertahankan Tumapel. Dia dan pasukannya akan mempertahankannya sampai... PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER Orang yang paling bahagia di dunia adalah orang yang bisa menggunakan Cermin Tarsah seperti cermin b... J.K. ROWLING Wahai Tuhanku Yang Maha Lembut, Aku tahu Engkau tak perlu kuingatkan, tapi untuk ked... MARIO TEGUH Apa? WARIA? Iiih, Dennis! Sudah kubilang berapa kali, sih? Aku ini drag queen, darling, bukan waria!... ADHAM T. FUSAMA Namun pendaki pertama tahu apa yang hebat : menerima tantangan untuk terus melangkah maju. Ia tahu t... PAULO COELHO Aku akan membawanya pulang, pikir Baba Ayub ketika itu juga. Inilah yang paling diinginkannya, bersa... KHALED HOSSEINI Anak-anak muda jaman sekarang itu lucu dan agak susah dimengerti. Mereka cukup bersemangat membuat b... LENANG MANGGALA, FOUNDER GERAKAN MENULIS BUKU INDONESIA Apakah ada yang tahu bagaimana rasanya mencintai seseorang yang tidak boleh dicintai? Aku tahu. Hidu... ILANA TAN Menurutku, apa yang terjadi antara seseorang dengan Tuhannya adalah rahasia mereka berdua. Dan apabi... MATAHARITIMOER Kutipan dari novel yang paling berkesan: “Aku baik-baik saja, ceroboh. Aku senang mendengarnya. Am... TERE LIYE Karena jika mengendapkannya, itu sama saja dia masih meletakkan gadis itu di dalam hatinya, di dalam... JEE Ketika satu kota dipenuhi orang miskin, kejahatan yang terjadi hanya level rendah, perampokan, mabuk... TERE LIYE 'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared in... GARY ROSS Fru Weasley vækkede dem tidligt den følgende onsdag. Efter en let morgenmad bestående ... J.K. ROWLING J.K. Rowling called in May to invite me to her house and interview her on the day of the new book's ... EMERSON SPARTZ J.K. Rowling called in May to invite me to her house and interview her on the day of the new book's ... EMERSON SPARTZ Lepaskanlah. Maka besok lusa, jika dia cinta sejatimu, dia pasti akan kembali dengan cara mengagumka... TERE LIYE J.K. Rowling is a talented storyteller, but she has also used the style and technique of modern tele... MICHAEL O'BRIEN Bagaimanapun juga sifatnya, ulasan-ulasan itu selalu bisa berguna, kecuali ulasan yang hanya berdasa... TRISNOYUWONO After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved... ALBERT CAMUS Kau mengabdi pada tanah ini, tanah yang memberimu nasi dan air. Tapi para raja dan para pengeran dan... PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER bat Perangsang Berfungsi Untuk Meningkatkan Gairah Libido Para Wanita Maupun Pria Yang Susah Diajak ... OBAT PERANGSANG If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If ... J.K. ROWLING I'm flattered to be compared to (J.K.) Rowling because I think she's done an incredible amount for r... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy." [Har... J.K. ROWLING Orang yang memendam perasaan sering kli terjebak oleh hatinya sendiri. Sibuk merangkai semua kejadia... TERE LIYE Orang yang memendam perasaan sering kali terjebak oleh hatinya sendiri. Sibuk merangkai semua kejadi... TERE LIYE We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's wh... J.K. ROWLING The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Littl... PAUL BLOOM
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ROWLING Ah, this is your cousin, is it, Harry?” said Mr. Weasley, taking another brave stab at making conv... J.K. ROWLING The Ministry of Magic does not wish me to tell you this. It is possible that some of your parents wi... J.K. ROWLING Thought I’d send this with Pig anyway. Harry stared at the word “Pig,” then looked up at the t... J.K. ROWLING What’s that?” said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of shellfish stew that stood besid... J.K. ROWLING The school nurse had seen what Aunt Petunia’s eyes — so sharp when it came to spotting fingerpri... J.K. ROWLING I will settle, in the short term,” said Dumbledore, with a bite of impatience in his voice, “for... J.K. ROWLING if you are holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very l... J.K. ROWLING Mrs. Weasley glanced at the grandfather clock in the corner. Harry liked this clock. It was complete... J.K. ROWLING It’s all in Hogwarts, A History. Though, of course, that book’s not entirely reliable. A Revised... J.K. ROWLING So, Harry,' said Dumbledore quietly. "Before you got lost in my thoughts, you wanted to tell me some... J.K. ROWLING He will stay, Minerva, because he needs to understand,’ said Dumbledore curtly. ‘Understanding i... J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry,' said Dumbledore, twiddling ... J.K. ROWLING Cedric Diggory was an extremely handsome boy of around seventeen. He was Captain and Seeker of the H... J.K. ROWLING The truth is generally preferable to lies... J.K. ROWLING Hermione, Harry and Ron still seem to want to know you, judging by the way they were attempting to b... J.K. ROWLING If they say yes, send Pig back with your answer pronto, and we’ll come and get you at five o’clo... J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up, Weatherby. J.K. ROWLING Aaaaah,” said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawney’s mystical whisper, “when two Neptunes appear... J.K. ROWLING Kill the spare. -Voldemort J.K. ROWLING What would come, would come...and he would have to meet it when it did. J.K. ROWLING What he really wanted (and it felt almost shameful to admit it to himself) was someone like — some... J.K. ROWLING Who’s avoiding you?” said Ron, sitting down next to them. “Wish you would,” said Fred, looki... J.K. ROWLING We’ve been hearing explosions out of their room for ages, but we never thought they were actually ... J.K. ROWLING Harry - I'm flying north immediately. This news about your scar is the latest in a series of st... J.K. ROWLING He wasn't sure if he wanted to talk to him or hit him, both seemed quite appealing... J.K. ROWLING But I think Durmstrang must be somewhere in the far north," said Hermione thoughtfully. "Somewhere v... J.K. ROWLING Percy wouldn’t recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby’s tea cozy. J.K. ROWLING So...you lot got dates for the ball yet?" "Nope," said Ron. "Well, you'd better hurry up m... J.K. ROWLING Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground, And while you’re searching, ... J.K. ROWLING Harry took a deep, steadying breath and then said, “Okay, I can’t see the World Cup. Can I go no... J.K. ROWLING A team of doctors had examined the bodies and had concluded that none of the Riddles had been poison... J.K. ROWLING Aren't you two ever going to read Hogwarts, A History?" "What's the point?" said Ron. "Yo... J.K. ROWLING He was going to be armed with his wand - which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip... J.K. ROWLING Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is ri... J.K. ROWLING The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” J.K. ROWLING But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. J.K. ROWLING Giggling should be made illegal. J.K. ROWLING OH NO YOU DON’T, LADDIE!” Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble st... J.K. ROWLING There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage. J.K. ROWLING Worst that can happen is Hagrid’ll have to get rid of the skrewts. Sorry ... did I say worst? I me... J.K. ROWLING The fridge had been emptied of all Dudley’s favorite things — fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate ... J.K. ROWLING Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hint... J.K. ROWLING Bubotubers,” Professor Sprout told them briskly. “They need squeezing. You will collect the pus ... J.K. ROWLING Wow !” said Dennis, as though nobody in their wildest dreams could hope for more than being ... J.K. ROWLING Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to ... J.K. ROWLING We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. ~Albus Dumbledore J.K. ROWLING I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.” J.K. ROWLING He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin... J.K. ROWLING Completely forgetting about dinner, he walked slowly back up to Gryffindor tower. Cho's voice echoin... J.K. ROWLING She’s a veela! ” he said hoarsely to Harry. “Of course she isn’t!” said Hermion... J.K. ROWLING I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I wa... J.K. ROWLING He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here lik... J.K. ROWLING You know your mother, Malfoy?” said Harry “That expression she’s got, like she’s got ... J.K. ROWLING I hate being poor. J.K. ROWLING As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did. J.K. ROWLING Enjoying it? I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don�... J.K. ROWLING Play to your strengths." "I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself.... J.K. ROWLING Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby! J.K. ROWLING No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had e... J.K. ROWLING She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring. J.K. ROWLING You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly. The tension that had filled the Hall ever since M... J.K. ROWLING Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye. J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up Weatherby. J.K. ROWLING Hello, Professor McGonagall,” said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher. “What �... J.K. ROWLING He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "... J.K. ROWLING Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sur... J.K. ROWLING Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these,' said the Ministry wizard, and he bran... J.K. ROWLING Really Hagrid, if you are holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin... J.K. ROWLING Well, I’m sure you’ll find someone somewhere who’ll have you. J.K. ROWLING Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid. "You don't think anything ... J.K. ROWLING Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being bor... J.K. ROWLING Wild!" Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick h... J.K. ROWLING She should've interviewed Snape," said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Pot... J.K. ROWLING But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. “Hermione... J.K. ROWLING I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memor... J.K. ROWLING Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him. J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry. J.K. ROWLING You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! J.K. ROWLING I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the sh... J.K. ROWLING We're coming or you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and D... J.K. ROWLING Well, you can't break an Unbreakable Vow...." "I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily eno... J.K. ROWLING Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and wha... J.K. ROWLING I love magic! J.K. ROWLING Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn,... J.K. ROWLING Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even t... J.K. ROWLING He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him... J.K. ROWLING Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a so... J.K. ROWLING I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book J.K. ROWLING Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you'll get caughty. J.K. ROWLING Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the p... J.K. ROWLING Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Un... J.K. ROWLING Why do you live? Because I have something worth living for. J.K. ROWLING I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail. . . . Gladys G... J.K. ROWLING Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Ver... J.K. ROWLING