For one more day

bought from the book fair at Penang TS! ^_^

 Alhamdulillah. After so much postponing, I finally get to finish For One More Day by Mitch Albom. Cover to cover. Fin! Alhamdulillah. It was the thought 'once the classes have started, I wouldn't have this much time to indulge myself in a good book' that drove me. There was this rumour that is highly likely to be true which is no class on Monday. Alhamdulillah. It wouldn't be so blue :D Besides, there were lotsa things to be settled on Monday. Ahh how I wish for one more day at home and wish the same on the next day and the same on the next next next. Lets just say I wish to not leave home at all :P But then....insha-Allah this is for good. Insha-Allah can pull through. Insha-Allah.

Anyway, i'm not so good at writing reviews but I must say this book has sort of changed my perspective on few things and gave enlightenment on some life situations. James McBride's comment on this book - It will make you blink back tears of nostalgia. It does!


10 quotes from For One More Day :-

#1 In college, I had a course in Latin and one day the word 'divorce' came up. I always figured it came from some root that meant 'divide'. In truth, it comes from "divertere", which means "to divert".
I believe that. All divorce does is divert you, taking you away from everything you thought you knew and everything you thought you wanted and steering you into all kinds of other stuff, like discussion about your mother's girdle and whether she should marry someone else.

#2 I know you don't want love life advice from me, but even if girls find you handsome, that is not a license to be mean. Be nice.

#3 Children get embarrassed by their parents. Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask, 'Whose child is this?'. But usually, they're just in some kind of pain. They need to work it out. Remember, Charley. Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt.

#4 A child embarrassed by his mother is just a child who hasn't lived long enough.

#5 So now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.

#6
"Mom I can always go back to school."
"Going back to something is harder than you think."

#7 Here is what you are going to find out about marriage: you have to work at it together. And you have to love three things. You have to love 1) Each other 2) Your children (When you have some! Hint! Hint!) 3) Your marriage. What I meant by the last one is, there might be times you fight, and sometimes you and Catherine won't even like each other. But those are the times you have to love your marriage. It's like a third party. Look at your wedding photos. Look at any memories you've made. And if you believe in those memories, they will pull you back together.

#8 Mom. It's just a sound really, a hum interrupted by open lips. But there are a zillion words on this planet, and not one of them comes out your mouth they way that one does.

#9 My mother thought it rude to honk for people; years later she would warn my sister that any boy who wouldn't come to the front door was a boy not worth dating.

#10 Reading is like talking, so picture me talking to you. And soon I will be. And then you can have all the ice cream you want! How about that? I love you every day.         Mom

If you've treated someone in a way that
you wouldn't wish for one more day with them
if they were to return to God in the next second,
you know you've treated them insha-Allah, right.
#bignotetoself!