Quotes About Giving Your Best

During the three years after I'm diagnosed with a malignant tumor, my husband performs over 30 major surgeries on me so he can keep me around to donate my corneas to his true love. Finally, when she has the courage to face her illness under his encouragement, he follows a doctor's advise and gives up on treating me. I laugh when taking my last breath. He has no idea that the cancer has already spread to my eyes. He won't be transplanting my corneas in his true love's eyes—he'll be planting cancer in her.

PROSES REVISI. JANGAN DIBACA DULU. Di tengah riuhnya sorakan penonton, Keenan berdiri tegak, sorot matanya tetap fokus meski di sekelilingnya gemuruh tak henti-henti. ISF Basketball World Schools Championship, ajang ini adalah puncak dari segala kerja kerasnya. Bola di tangannya terasa begitu familiar, seolah bagian dari dirinya. Dengan lincah, ia menggiring, melewati setiap lawan yang mencoba menghalangi. Setiap langkahnya ringan, tapi penuh arti, membawa ingatan pada kerja keras yang tak terhitung. Saat ia mendekati garis tiga angka, seluruh dunia seakan menahan napas. Keenan melompat, bola melayang sempurna di udara, dan saat bola itu menembus jaring dengan mulus, sorak-sorai membahana. Tapi, di tengah semua itu, Keenan tetap tenang. Dia tidak mencari kemenangan demi sorak penonton. Ada sesuatu yang lebih berharga dari sekadar poin. Matanya menyapu kerumunan, mencari wajah yang selama ini selalu ada untuknya, meski tanpa suara. Dan di sana, di antara lautan orang, gadis itu. Gadis yang selalu ada, yang dengan diamnya telah menjadi kekuatan terbesar baginya. Keenan tersenyum kecil, hanya sekejap, lalu dalam hati dia berbisik, lembut tapi penuh makna, "Thanks a lot for always having my back. You have no idea how much your support means to me. This win is ours, not just mine." --- Urutan Baca: 1. About Me: Alshameyzea 2. About Keenan

Park Jiyeon dan Kim Jaehwan kuliah kedokteran dan telah menikah secara rahasia di Jerman. Ketika mereka kembali ke Korsel, ayah Jiyeon malah menjodohkan Jaehwan dengan Park Mina, kakaknya. Hanya untuk meluaskan bisnis mereka. Sedangkan di sisi lain, ada Lee Namju, mantan kekasih Mina yang ingin membalas dendam pada keluarga Park karena sakit hati di masa lalu namun malah jatuh cinta pada Jiyeon. Berbagai usaha dilakukan sepasang suami istri itu untuk membatalkan perjodohan. Namun selalu gagal. Akhirnya Jaehwan berusaha membuat Jiyeon hamil agar mereka dapat membatalkan perjodohan itu. Pada malam pertunangan, Jaehwan menunjukkan bukti pernikahan dengan Jiyeon pada semua orang. Namun Namju menyangkal dan mengatakan itu palsu. Jiyeon yang tengah hamil diakui oleh Namju bahwa dia adalah ayah dari janinnya. Pertunangan berlangsung. Jiyeon dinikahkan dengan Namju. Namun Namju meninggal sebelum pernikahan karena diracun. Terungkap bahwa Mina yang meracuni Namju. Akhirnya Jaehwan membatalkan pernikahannya karena Mina dipenjara. Ia juga mendatangkan pendeta yang menikahkan mereka di Jerman sebagai saksi. Ia pun berhasil dan akhirnya bersatu dengan Jiyeon.

"Gue nyesel jatuh cinta sama lo," ucap Raissa dengan air mata yang menggenang di pelupuk matanya. "Lo, orang yang udah ngebunuh kakak gue." Laki laki yang berdiri tepat di hadapan Raissa terpaku, tenggorokannya tercekat, seolah ada sesuatu disana dan itu sangat menyakitkan. "Maaf," lirihnya.

Kekurangan yang di miliki gadis berusia 20 tahun, Bernama Ayana Salsabila tidak membuatnya menyerah pada hidup. Ia masih bisa menjalani kehidupannya dengan baik, meskipun kadang ada saja orang lain yang memandangnya sebelah mata. Setelah kepergian orang tuanya akibat kecelakaan beberapa tahun lalu, ia masih sanggup menjadi gadis ceria dan penuh semangat. Namun semuanya berubah setelah ia menikah dengan pria arogan nan kejam, hari-harinya hanya bisa menangis karena pria tersebut menyiksa fisik dan batinnya.

PROSES REVISI. JANGAN DIBACA DULU. Pernah merasa terluka tapi tetap memilih bertahan? Itulah Alsha, gadis yang sekuat cahaya, namun juga sering tenggelam dalam bayang-bayang. Alshameyzea Afsheena yang memiliki arti "cahaya yang memancarkan keanggunan" seolah menjadi takdirnya. Cahaya yang selalu hadir, meskipun kadang terselubung oleh awan-awan kelabu. Seperti matahari yang tetap bersinar meski kadang tak terlihat, begitu pula Alsha. Dia pernah berharap, pernah mencintai, pernah menggenggam mimpi yang kemudian berubah menjadi abu kenangan. Namun, seperti arti namanya, dia tetap bersinar. Keanggunannya bukan dari sempurna, tapi dari caranya bangkit meski jatuh berkali-kali. Dia pernah menyukai seseorang yang membuatnya merasakan hangatnya mentari, tapi juga pernah merasakan dinginnya bayangan. Semua luka dan kenangan itu, hanya menambah sinarnya, semakin kuat dan anggun. Karena Alsha tahu, tak ada yang lebih indah dari cahaya yang tetap bersinar meski di tengah badai. Masa lalu, baginya, mungkin menyakitkan, namun di sanalah ia belajar tentang keanggunan. Keanggunan dalam menerima, dalam merelakan, dan dalam terus bersinar, tanpa pernah kehilangan jati dirinya. Jangan lupa follow dulu sebelum baca. Semoga betah sampai di akhir kisah Alsha! Jazakumullah khayran Katsir yang sudah mau baca ceritaku. Salam hangat dari author.

On the day that Yasmin Starr gets divorced, a divorce agreement becomes the number one trending topic."The divorce is due to the man's inability to fulfill his basic duties as a husband!"That night, Yasmin is dragged into a car. Blake Ford chomps down on her lip, looking fierce. "You can test me out tonight to see whether I'm able to fulfill my duties, Ms. Starr."After the divorce, Yasmin becomes an internationally renowned designer. Countless handsome men surround her.As the line of men waiting for her hand grows longer, Blake can't sit still anymore. He finds opportunities to show up before her, begging for her love domineeringly yet tenderly. "Yasmin, come home with me, okay?""Belated love isn't worth anything, Mr. Ford.""Yes, I'm the worthless one and a lapdog to boot. I was wrong, Yaz. Come home, please …"

Akala ni Donna ay pagiging isang kasambahay lang ang magiging trabaho niya ngunit hindi pala. Kailangan niyang bigyan ng anak ang amo niyang lalaki na si Dave kaya pumayag naman kaagad siya sa kagustuhan nito. Wala siyang ibang choice kundi ang pumayag. Crush niya rin ito. May nobya ito na pakakasalan nito sa mga susunod na buwan ngunit dahil sa hindi na ito puwedeng magbuntis ay nagdesisyon ang nobyo nito na si Dave na gumawa ng paraan upang magkaroon ng anak sila at 'yon nga ang naging desisyon niya—ang makipagsex kay Donna para magkaroon siya ng anak. Hindi naman niya puwedeng hiwalayan ang nobya niya dahil pagagalitan siya ng daddy niya. Habang ginagawa nilang dalawa ni Donna ang bagay na 'yon ay unti-unti silang napapalapit sa isa't isa hanggang sa nagkaroon sila ng relasyon. 'Pag ba nabigyan na ni Donna ng anak ang lalaking amo niya na si Dave ay tapos na rin ba ang namamagitan sa kanilang 'yon? Paano kung ayaw niya na itigil 'yon? Paano kung ayaw na rin ng lalaking amo niya na si Dave? Paano ang babaeng umaasa na pakakasalan ito? Ano'ng gagawin nila sa resultang 'yon?

I get picked up by the cops in the middle of the night for street vending. While questioning me, they pull up my file. One officer eyes me suspiciously through my mask and asks, "What's a Clairefield University graduate like you doing selling stuff on the street at midnight?" I freeze and lean over to look at the file. The ID number matches mine, but the photo has been replaced with one of Madison Bass. That's when it hits me—20 years ago, I was the one who got accepted to Clairefield University! Dazed and numb, I stumble home only to hear my husband, Joseph Gunther, speaking on the phone. "Madison, don't worry. I won't let Lucy interfere with your life. Just go abroad in peace." It's him! Joseph helped Madison steal my identity and my future. My stomach twists. I turn to confront him, to expose the truth. But before I can, he strangles me to death with a belt. "I'm sorry, Lucy. You can't ruin Madison's future…" When I open my eyes again, I'm back in the classroom. Our homeroom teacher is handing out university application forms. This time, I'm taking my life back.

"Runaway BillionaireWhat happens when two sets of parents decide their thirty-something offspring need to get married? To each other. The problem? Neither one wants wedded bliss, and they don’t even know each other. Kyle Montgomery is happy with his single state and the excitement of running the Montgomery Hotel Corporation. Pepper Thornton is just as happy running the family B&B, the Hibiscus Inn. What started out as a fun ploy suddenly turns into something much more—until reality pokes up its head and nearly destroys it all.Touch of MagicMaddie Woodward is in a pickle. The last person she expects to see when she returns to the family ranch for one last Christmas is her former lover, Zach Brennan. He’s hotter as he ever was, all male and determined to get her naked. She’s just as determined to show him she’s over him—until she ends up in his bed, enjoying the wildest sex of her life. A night of uncontrolled, erotic sex shows her that Zach is far from out of her life. Now if she can just get him to help her convince her sisters not to sell the ranch—or sell it to the two of them.Wet HeatIt was supposed to be a month in a cottage by the lake in Maine. For Peyton Gerard it was time to recover from not one but three disastrous breakups and try to find her muse again. A successful romance novelist needed to believe in romance to write about it believably, and Peyton had lost her faith in it.All About Love is created by Desiree Holt, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author."