Bahagian-bahagian berlipat.

"Bit different.." Alexei menegakkan sudunya ke langit. "...between being a foreigner in a foreign culture, versus being a foreigner in own culture though." Ada bezanya. Kalau jadi orang Rusia di tengah India nak dibandingkan dengan jadi Rusia tulen-ala-celup di tengah Russian Federation. "You donned the traditional costume of a foreign country, their people would applaud you for trying. You picked the ravioli pasta over pelmeni in your own home country, they called you snobbish." Alexei menjulingkan mata ke langit. Macam la jenayah besar kalau aku lagi suka Italian pasta banding dengan ravioli dumpling versi Rusia tu.
"Hear, hear!" Dash angguk setuju.
"Those holier-than-thou people sure do have their ways in making me feel stupid and ignorant in my very own country and culture." Alexei buat muka..

Anthem by Hlovate, page 280, 281 

Dia percaya dan dah kena drill dalam kepala yang akademik tu penting, tapi bukan segala-galanya. Hidup ni ada banyak lagi piawai yang boleh menentukan seseorang tu bijak pandai dan berjaya dalam hidup. Ingat lagi Miss Lancey di DC pernah pesan, "Make yourself useful to others by keeping yourself healthy and happy, and any certificate is no guarantee to that." Agaknya mungkin tu antara sebab orang tak faham kenapa dia boleh tiap-tiap petang bersuka ria turun gim buat cardio workout di mana orang lain kadang-kadang masih juga pulun studi.

Anthem by Hlovate, page 360 

"Akak pun tak cakap Latin la. Tapi Wikipedia kan ada." Trisy bawa mangkuk sup sayur ke meja. "That Latin line actually bawa maksud "The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord"
Initium Sapientiae Timor Domini.
Hujung telunjuk sekali lagi meniti huruf-huruf yang membentuk perkataan ayat Latin tu.
The beginnning of wisdom is fear of the Lord.
Kebijaksanaan itu bermula dengan perasaan takutkan Tuhan.
"I know it's a biblical reference." Suara Kak Trisy kembali terdengar di telinga. "Tapi if I can use it with my very own tafsiran and pemahanan, then yay for me."

 Anthem by Hlovate, page 450

"Kenapa pulak Si Lee tu yang susah sangat nak faham hukum?" Dash merengus geram. "Bukan dia ke dulu yang duduk kat Jordan nu ha. Jiran sebelah je dengan Arab Saudi. Patut lagi faham hukum la daripada orang yang tak pernah duduk sana ni." Dia peluk tubuh tak puas hati.
"Are you even listening to yourself?" Kening kanan terangkat tinggi merenung Dash. "Tu stereotyping namanya. Apa kaitan duduk dekat Saudi ke Venezuela ke mana dengan hidayah Allah? Abu Jahal dengan Abu Lahab tu dulu tak ke duduk Saudi jugak? Sama zaman dengan Rasulullah siap. Ada dia orang nak faham hukum? Masuk Islam pun tak nak. Lagi melawan kut ada."
Terdiam terus Dash. 

"Don't be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn't do what you do, or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today." Haikal menuturkan rendah. "Malcolm X said that."

Anthem by Hlovate, page 525, 526 

"Kadang-kadang, untuk jauh daripada keluarga tu perlu, dan ada hikmahnya."

Anthem by Hlovate, page 579 

would this be considered as melanggar hak cipta? 

aherherher. 

sekadar berkongsi rasa. 

some of my favourite parts.

Kalau nak share semua I'd just say,

Go get the  book lah.

Worth every penny, insyaAllah.
Nak pinjam pun takde hal.

:D