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“If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go crazy.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Seindah apa pun huruf terukir, dapatkah ia bermakna apabila tak ada jeda? dapatkah ia dimengerti jika tak ada spasi?”
― Dee, Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade

“Pegang tanganku, tapi jangan terlalu erat, karena aku ingin seiring dan bukan digiring.(Spasi)”
― Dee, Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade

“Bila engkau ingin satu, maka jangan ambil dua. Karena satu menggenapkan, tapi dua melenyapkan. Mencari Herman”
― Dee, Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade

“karena sesungguhnya justru dalam ketidakpastiaan manusia dapat berjaya, menggunakan potensinya untuk berkreasi”
― dee, Supernova: Ksatria, Puteri, dan Bintang Jatuh

“If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Kita tidak bisa menyamakan kopi dengan air tebu. Sesempurna apa pun kopi yang kamu buat, kopi tetap kopi, punya sisi pahit yang tak mungkin kamu sembunyikan.”
― Dee, Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade

“Seindah apa pun huruf terukir, dapatkah ia bermakna apabila tak ada jeda? Dapatkan ia dimengerti jika tak ada spasi? Bukankah kita baru bisa bergerak jika ada jarak? Dan saling menyayang bila ada ruang?”
― dee, Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade

“Out beyond ideas
of wrongdoing and right doing,
there is a field.
I’ll meet you there.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

“Saat pasir tempatmu berpijak pergi ditelan ombak, akulah lautan yang memeluk pantaimu erat.”
― Dee, Rectoverso

“Mimpi mengurangi kualitas istirahatnya. Dan untuk bersamaku, ia tak perlu mimpi.”
― Dee, Rectoverso

“...bahasaku yang cuma rasa susah melekat pada kata...”
― Dee, Rectoverso

“He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.”
― Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns