The film (500) Days of Summer kicks off at breakneck speed into a witty, true-to-life, and original deconstruction of the turbulent and unexpected year and a half of one young man’s no-holds-barred love affair with the sarcastic, probing narrator declaring, “This is a narrative of boy meets girl.”
The Newmarket Shooting Script book also features production notes, the whole cast and crew credits, an 8-page color section, and special forewords by screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber in addition to the complete screenplay.
Best Quotes from this Book:
y made in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a life.”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
“You can’t ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence. That’s all anything ever is. Nothing more than coincidence.”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
“You can’t ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence. That’s all anything ever is. Nothing more than you can’t ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence. That’s all anything ever is. Nothing more than co”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
“Since the disintegration of her parent’s marriage, she’d only loved two things. The first was her long blonde hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off… And feel nothing.”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
The eagerly anticipated second poetry collection from milk and honey author Rupi Kaur is now available. A journey about development and healing that is lively and magnificent, genealogy and respecting one’s roots, emigration and overcoming obstacles to reach inner peace. The sun and her flowers are divided into five chapters and feature illustrations by Kaur. It follows a process of withering, falling, rooted, rising, and blooming. a festival of love in all its manifestations. The flowers you plant in the yard every year will educate you that people too must wilt, fall, root, and rise in order to bloom, my mother remarked as she held me in her arms while I sobbed.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“why is it
that when the story ends
we begin to feel all of it”
“You do not just wake up and become the butterfly”
-Growth is a process.”
“you left
and I wanted you still
yet I deserved someone
who was willing to stay”
“It isn’t what we left behind
that breaks me
it’s whatever we could’ve built
had we stayed”
“and here you are living
despite it all”
There is a café in Tokyo that has been selling expertly prepared coffee for further than a century, hidden away in a little back lane. But this coffee shop gives its patrons a one-of-a-kind opportunity: the chance to go back in time.
We meet four visitors in Before the Coffee Gets Cold, each of whom wants to take advantage of the café’s time-traveling offer in order to: encounter the man who left them; get a letter from their husband for whom the memory has been chosen to take by early onset Alzheimer’s; see their sister for the last time; and encounter the daughter they never got the opportunity to learn.
However, the trip into the past is not without danger: patrons are required to occupy a specific seat, they are not allowed to leave the café, and finally, they must return to the current before the coffee goes cold. What would you alter if you could go back in time? is a timeless subject that is explored in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful and poignant narrative. Who would you most like to meet, possibly for the final time?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Remember—drink the coffee before it goes cold.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present does not change. So it raises the question: just what is the point of that chair?”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When I’m in the presence of someone with whom I have a bond, and to whom I have entrusted my feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“Just remember. Drink the coffee before it goes cold,” she whispered.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“We must become friends before this coffee cools.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Sylvia Plath, an American author, and poet, only wrote one book, The Bell Jar. The book, which was first released in 1963 under the alias “Victoria Lucas,” is semi-autobiographical, albeit places and people’s identities have been changed.
The Bell Jar details Esther Greenwood’s breakdown: clever, attractive, incredibly gifted, and accomplished, but slowly crumbling—possibly for the final time. Sylvia Plath expertly engrosses the reader in Esther’s breakdown to the point where Esther’s insane behavior seems entirely plausible and approachable like watching a movie. The Bell Jar is a disturbing American classic thanks to its astounding achievement of penetrating so deeply into the terrifying recesses of the psyche.
Theodore Finch is obsessed with death and frequently considers ways to commit suicide. But every time, he is stopped by something positive, no matter how minor. Violet Markey is counting down the days till graduation so she can leave her Indiana village and her agonising grief following the tragic passing of her sister.
It’s unknown who saves who when Finch and Violet encounter one other on the edge of the school bell tower. And Finch and Violet both make additional significant discoveries as they work together on a project to learn about the “natural wonders” of their state: Only with Violet can Finch be himself—a peculiar, humorous, and live-out-loud kind of guy who is actually not such a weirdo after all. And Violet can only stop counting the days and begin living them when she is with Finch. However, as Violet’s world expands, Finch starts to contract.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”
“The thing I realize is, that it’s not what you take, it’s what you leave.”
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
“The great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.”
“The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it’s the small things that count.”
My illness is both infamous and unusual. I have a severe case of mixed immunodeficiency, but basically, I have allergies to everything. I rarely leave my residence and haven’t done so in fifteen years. My mother and Carla, my nurse, are the only ones I ever see.
Then, though, a moving truck shows up one day. new neighbors next door. He is there when I glance out the window. He is tall, slender, and dressed all in black, including a black knit cap that completely conceals his hair, black pants, black sneakers, and a black t-shirt. He turns to face me when he sees me looking at him. I return the gaze. He goes by Olly. I aspire to know everything there is to know about him. I find out that he is fierce and hilarious. He has blue eyes like the Atlantic Ocean, and his vice is thieving cutlery, I discover. I discover that once I speak with him, my entire universe widens and I start to feel different—starting to crave things. to desire to leave my bubble. a desire for all that the world has to offer.
While we may not be able to anticipate the future, there are some things that we can do. For instance, I will undoubtedly become infatuated with Olly. It will almost likely end in disaster.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Everything’s a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It’s up to you.”
“Maybe growing up means disappointing the people we love.”
“Spoiler alert: Love is worth everything. Everything.”
“Life is a gift. Don’t forget to live it.”
“Just because you can’t experience everything doesn’t mean you shouldn’t experience anything.”
Dawson Cole and Amanda Collier, two seniors in high school, experienced a profound and enduring love affair in the spring of 1984. But as their senior year’s summer came to an end, unexpected circumstances would split the new couple apart and send them down radically different roads.
Twenty-five years later, Tuck Hostetler, the mentor who had provided refuge for Amanda and Dawson’s high school romance, is laid to rest, and Amanda and Dawson are called to return to Oriental for the burial. Both have not lived the lives they had envisioned.
Everything Amanda and Dawson believed they understood turns out to be false when they follow the instructions Tuck left for them. The two ex-lovers will come face to face with unpleasant memories and learn the unavoidable facts about their decisions. They will ask the living and the dead this question over the course of one intense weekend: Can love really erase the past?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Don’t take my advice. Or anyone’s advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it’s your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.”
“There’s a lot of magic between you too, ain’t no denying that. And magic makes forgettin’ hard.”
“Change isn’t always for the best.”
“I gave you the best of me, he’d told her once, and with every beat of her son’s heart, she knew he’d exactly done that.”
“Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.”
In the book, The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old boy, contends with right and wrong in a society where he feels like an outsider. Ponyboy believes that there are two sorts of individuals in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for “social”) is a wealthy someone who can get away with practically anything. A greaser, on the other hand, is continually on the go and must watch his back.
Ponyboy has always been proud of his greaser status, even if it means fighting toe-to-toe with a group of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers. The difficulties and friendships that Ponyboy and his crew face as greasers are highlighted throughout the narrative. It’s a novel that’s simple to absorb no matter who the reader is since it’s written from the perspective of a 14-year-old boy. It’s a coming-of-age narrative that deals with friendship, adversity, and overcoming obstacles.
Jeffrey Eugenides, an American author, published his first book, The Virgin Suicides, in 1993. The Lisbon girls, five tragic sisters, are the main characters of the fictional drama, which takes place in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1970s.
The girls’ appearance when their mom let them out for their one and only date in their life was stunning because it seemed almost regular. Twenty years later, the boys who worshipped the sisters can still vividly recall the details of their enigmatic personalities, including the brassiere that the promiscuous Lux draped over a crucifix, the sisters’ breathtaking entrance the night of the dance, and the sultry, lethargic street where they witnessed a family break apart and frail lives disappear.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.”
“Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she’d fly”
“In the end, it wasn’t death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.”
“We couldn’t imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm.”
“I don’t know what you’re feeling. I won’t even pretend.”
Twilight’s Edward Cullen and Bella Swan’s encounter marked the beginning of a legendary love story. Fans, however, have only ever heard Bella’s perspective up until this point. In the eagerly anticipated companion book, Midnight Sun, readers can at last experience Edward’s interpretation.
Through Edward’s eyes, this remarkable story is portrayed in a fresh and unmistakably dark way. In all his years as a vampire, meeting Bella is the most unsettling and fascinating experience he has ever had. We comprehend why this is the most important conflict in Edward’s life as we uncover more fascinating insights about his past and the nuanced nature of his inner thoughts. How can he defend following his emotions if doing so puts Bella in harm’s way?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Could a dead, frozen heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to.”
“Perhaps romance always seemed a slightly foolish thing to everyone until one actually fell into it.”
“I knew her well enough to see that the sight of so many books in one room was something of a dream to her.”
“I buried my face in the hollow of her neck and breathed in her searing essence, wishing again, as I had in the beginning, that I could dream with her.”
“She had changed me more than I’d known it was possible for me to change and still remain myself.”
Miles “Pudge” Halter has an obsession with famous final words. His entire life has been pretty monotonous, so he heads to boarding school in pursuit of a “Great Perhaps,” François Rabelais’ famous dying words.
Miles meets Alaska Yong there, and his life becomes anything but mundane. Alaska is unpredictable, wild, and self-destructive, as well as the object of Miles’ emotions. Miles and Chip “Colonel” Martin become incredibly good friends and share many fantastic adventures at Culver Creek Boarding School, with Miles anticipating his own “Great Perhaps.”
When tragedy strikes, Miles is pushed to confront mortality, teaching him the value of life and loving completely. Looking for Alaska must be on your reading list if you’re looking for more contemporary novels like The Outsiders. This is a coming-of-age narrative about the meaning of life, grief, and hope, as well as the interactions between teenagers and adults.
Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old, alternates between her affluent suburban prep school and her impoverished neighborhood of residence. When Starr sees her childhood closest mate Khalil being fatally shot by a police officer, the delicate balance between the two worlds is upended. Khalil had no weapons.
His death makes national headlines not long after that. He is being referred to be a thug, possibly even a drug trafficker, and gangbanger, by some. In Khalil’s honor, demonstrators are marching in the streets. Starr and her family are being threatened by some police officers and the local drug lord. What actually happened that night is what everyone is interested in learning. Starr is the only living person who can respond to that.
However, what Starr says or doesn’t say could completely alter her community. It can potentially put her life in jeopardy. This compelling young adult story, which was motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement, is about one girl’s fight for justice.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?”
“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on even though you’re scared.”
“I can’t change where I come from or what I’ve been through, so why should I be ashamed of what makes me, me?”
“You can destroy wood and brick, but you can’t destroy a movement.”
“Pac said Thug Life stood for ‘The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody’.”
Greetings from Derry, Maine… It’s a tiny city, one that feels eerily similar to your own hometown. The haunting is genuine only in Derry… When they first discovered the tragedy, they were seven teenagers. Now that they are adults, both sexes have ventured into the outside world in an effort to find success and pleasure. But none of them can resist the pull that has brought them back to Derry to confront the evil that goes unnamed and the horror that has no end.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.”
“Your hair is winter fire
January embers
My heart burns there, too.”
“We all float down here!”
“Eddie discovered one of his childhood’s great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.”
“Drive away and try to keep smiling. Get a little rock and roll on the radio and go toward all the life there is with all the courage you can find and all the belief you can muster. Be true, be brave, stand.”
A bold new voice in contemporary fiction makes a startling debut with this unsettling book about the conflict between apathy and passion: What It’s Like to Be a WALLFLOWER This is the account of growing up at a high school. Charlie’s letters are singular and exceptional, amusing and heartbreaking, and more private than a diary. We may not be aware of his residence. We could not know the recipient of his letter. We only have knowledge of his shared universe. He embarks on an unusual journey through an unknown country because he is torn between wanting to live his life and trying to escape it. the world of new acquaintances and family dramas, first dates, and mix tapes.
When all one needs is the ideal song on the ideal drive to feel limitless, the world of sexuality, narcotics, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Stephen Chbosky has written a really moving coming-of-age tale in Charlie, a potent book that will transport you back to those chaotic and poignant days of growing up.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
Employers have identified a new, low-cost labor pool, mostly made up of roving older individuals, from the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas. Tens of thousands of these unnoticed victims of the Great Recession have hit the road in RVs and vans that have been converted, constituting a growing nomad society.
Nomadland is a startling account of the murky underbelly of the American economy, one that portends the uncertain future that may be in store for many of us in the future. It also recognizes the extraordinary resiliency and ingenuity of these Americans, who have given up their normal roots in order to live but have not given up on themselves.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves . . . Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters.”
“A deepening class divide makes social mobility all but impossible. The result is a de facto caste system. This is not only morally wrong but also tremendously wasteful. Denying access to opportunity for large segments of the population means throwing away vast reserves of talent and brainpower. It’s also been shown to dampen economic growth.”
“The truth as I see it is that people can both struggle and remain upbeat simultaneously, through even the most soul-testing of challenges.”
“The capitalists don’t want anyone living off their economic grid.”
“The last free place in America is a parking spot.”
In the vein of Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence, this charming and poetic account of Tuscany’s way of life, customs, and cuisine.
When Frances Mayes started renovating an abandoned villa in the breathtaking Tuscan countryside, she stepped into a beautiful new world. Unexpected finds might be found everywhere: fading frescos hidden behind the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard hidden beneath wildly out-of-control brambles in the garden, and in the adjacent hill towns, bustling marketplaces, and friendly locals. She invites readers to enjoy the pleasures of Italian life and to feast at her table in Under the Tuscan Sun with the poetic speech of a poet, the vision of a seasoned traveler, and the discriminating palette of a cook and food writer.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Life offers you a thousand chances… all you have to do is take one.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“Where you are is who you are. The further inside you the place moves, the more your identity is intertwined with it. Never casual, the choice of place is the choice of something you crave.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“There is no technique, there is just the way to do it.
Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“I had the urge to examine my life in another culture and move beyond what I knew.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun