five favorite reads | friday

hello. i like words. they

empower,
empathize,
and emotionalize.

these are some stories that have made me feel special and i hope they make you feel special too.
it's funny, i sometimes can't remember the whole story, once I've finished, but i can remember how it made me feel and so that's why i wanted to share them: they made me feel hopeful.
enjoy.

the little prince.


there is a little prince on a planet that leaves his beloved rose to travel the other planets. he loves that rose because it is the only one on his planet, thus he believes it's specialness comes from it being the only flower on the planet. that is not the case at all and the little person is sad to find that many flowers exists in the universe.

the fox tells him: “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.” 

message:  specialness comes from love and devotion not from its rarity. 

perks of being a wallflower

i've read this story twice. it's really lovely. it is written in simple words from the special perspective of a quiet boy. he only wants people to be happy but mean words, love, lust, and loneliness cause such troubles.

as charlie finds out " even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.” 


the book thief


every time i think about the book thief it makes me smile. there is this girl who is special mainly because she is hopeful and only ever builds things with love in the midst of a war-torn country.

one line perfectly describes the girl, liesel, "“She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did.”  
you see? even though there is a lot of sadness within its pages, the book thief is really about hope.

catcher in the rye


 Holden  seems to be the character who never settles, regardless. holden is a special character because in a world of such conformity he searches for the meaning to his life, knowing he won't find it in a stuffy building full of pretentious beings. he doesn't seem to like anyone but he is lonely. he is not sure what he wants and so wanders aimlessly. i'm not sure where i'm going with this.. holden is lonely and isolated from the world and goes to places like this museum he went to as a kid that made him happy. i think what i liked about this story is that there was this person who felt just as isolated and lonely and insignificant as me, yet the way he sees things and asks question makes one love him in a sad way. one scene that makes me smile and cry at the same time is when holden is trying to find out what happens to the duck in central park during the winter: "The ducks. Do you know, by any chance? I mean does somebody come around in a truck or something and take them away, or do they fly away by themselves." not only is he sad about his brother's death and his own life, he's worried about the creatures' lives.

p.s
i know this is a contradiction since this book doesn't have any words but i love it so much i couldn't not share it: The sidewalk flowers.

in the story everything the little girl touches turns to colour:  love and kindness is beautiful and colorful.