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It's almost 5 AM, and I haven't had any sleep, or shower for that matter. I have finished doing the thingy that I stayed up all night for, so now I'm writing on this blog again.
The good news.I still like this blog, and it's the third entry and the idea of coming up with an entirely new blog hasn't entered my mind yet (now it has! damn it!).
While on my way to this cafe (amazing place by the way, it really lived up to its name), I read an article on books that changed people's life. They listed a myriad of books, classics, John Green's new novel with the turtles, a Supernatural book, and books I never heard of before, but I would definitely check out in the future. Then I thought about the books that changed my life... and that is the topic of this entry.
I love books! And I have read (and bought, but not read yet) a lot of them. Whenever I'm sad I buy books. It's like buying an entire new universe where the things that suck in this real life doesn't exist. Or in some ways, it's like buying a new life, where I have friends, a loving family, and adventures. So yeah, there are a lot of books that changed my life, whether its books that made me realize the things that I long for, the books that really changed my perspective on a lot of things, things that made me appreciate life in a different way.. there's just.. okay, here is the list.
1. The Little Prince
I read this one when I was young, it's probably the first novel that I have read (the romance pocketbooks that are lying around our old house doesn't count), and man did I love this book. It's a story about this, I don't know, intergalactic being called the Prince, who lives in a very tiny planet, decided to go on an adventure, landed on a lot of other planets before finally coming to earth and meeting this pilot person (who is the narrator of the book).
How it changed my life
It taught me how to value the simple things, the roses, time spent with people or foxes, lambs. I actually consider this book as my the light manual of life (it's counterpart, the dark manual of life would come in later). It taught me that the things that matter doesn't really have to be based on the what the world thinks matter. We decide what matter, we give them life.
Favorite Quote
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."
2. Catcher in the Rye
No, I am not trying to sound smart like I sometimes do. This book is amazing. Well, why would it be one of the timeless classics if it doesn't, right? But seriously, this book is amazing. It's the story of Holden Caulfield and his life.
How it changed my life
I admit at first, I don't get what's happening. I was like, what's going on? What is this shit really about? He just keeps on babbling about random events in his life. Reading the book is like listening to a friend ramble about, I don't know, his summer vacation. And as you continue reading it, I got to realize, that hey, this is interesting, and then I kept turning and turning the page, and realize. hah. This is life seen through this person's eyes. Hah. I just lived as him for the whole duration that I was reading the book. And it's fucking amazing.
Favorite Quote
“Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.”
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray
This one I have read countless of times. It's Oscar Wilde's first and only (finished?) novel. It's a story about a young, innocent oh-so-pure and breathtakingly beautiful man named Dorian Gray and his corruption, seasoned with some supernatural wishes and gay love.
How it changed my life
This is it. My Dark Life Manual. It kinda thought me how everything in this world is ruled by our senses. That we are sensory beings to be able to get the most of this life, we must indulge our senses, seek pleasure, be happy. No, no, no. I'm not just talkin' pleasure and sensations like drugs, sex and orgies (read the book, or watch the film, you'll know what I mean). But all of it, sadness, happiness, defeat, regret. And how these "sensations" make us up. Oh dear universe, I could write an entire entry just about this book.
Favorite Quote
The only way to get rid of a temptation, is to yield to it.
Okay. There a still a lot of books that I want to write about, but, for now, let's just stick to this three. There's definitely be a part two. I don't want my favorite books getting all jealous with each other because some of them are featured in my blog and some are not. haha.
And with that, I sleep. :)
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