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Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories

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Tim Federle
Tim Federle

Tim Federle, born on March 24, 1980, is an accomplished writer from the United States. His works span across various genres including novels, screenplays, and children's literature, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

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“Di tempat lain, lo mungkin dianggap liar. Tapi di sini, lo dianggap saudara. Tradisi Skate bukan sekadar komunitas, ini tempat lo boleh salah, boleh jatuh, asal lo bangkit dan naik lagi. Gak ada kasta, gak ada kelas. Yang penting lo mau jalan bareng. Mau belajar bareng. Karena di dunia kami, semua berawal dari satu hal: keberanian berdiri di atas papan, dan terus jalan meski dihina atau gagal. Itu baru... sudah tradisi.”

“Now he understood what it was to be a man: that it was to be weak as well as strong, to be foolish sometimes and wise sometimes, to know love as well as to kill. And he had learned that there were other paths for him, other gods who called in the deep places of the earth, in the lap of wavelets on the shore, in the breath of the wind. He had learned that there were other kinds of courage. He knew, with deep certainty, that the islands held a new path for him. He need only move forward and find it.”

“I set a line and looked back at the valley. It was like a green open hand among the hills. The cliffs stood near and far, red, gray, black. In the valley chimneys began to smoke, one of them mine. Ingi was up. A green offering hand, our valley, corn-giver, fire-giver, water-giver, keeper of men and beasts. The other hand that fed us was this blue hand of the sea, which was treacherous, which had claws to it, which took more than ever it gave. Today it was peaceable enough. Blue hand and green hand lay together, like praying, in the summer dawn.”