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“Akhirnya ku mengerti betapa rumitnya konstruksi batin manusia. Betapa sukarnya manusia menanggalkan bias, menarik batas antara masa lalu dan masa sekarang. Aku kini percaya manusia dirancang untuk terluka.”
― dee, Partikel

“Semua pertanyaan selalu berpasangan dengan jawaban.
Untuk keduanya bertemu, yang dibutuhkan cuma waktu”
― Dee, Partikel

“Kalau lawan bicaramu mendengar dengan sepenuh hati, beban pikiranmu menjadi ringan. Kalau kamu tambah ruwet, meski yang mendengarkanmu tadi seolah serius mendengar, berarti dia tidak benar-benar hadir untukmu.”
― Dee, Partikel

“Ternyata hidup tidak membiarkan satu orang pun lolos untuk cuma jadi penonton. Semua harus mencicipi ombak.”
― Dee, Supernova: Petir

“Kita memang tak pernah tahu apa yang dirindukan sampai sesuatu itu tiba di depan mata.”
― Dee, Supernova: Akar

“Satu-satunya cara untuk mengetahui asal-usulmu adalah keluar, lalu kembali. Kamu pikir si Adam itu tahu dirinya istimewa kalau tidak dibuang dulu ke bumi?”
― Dee Lestari, Supernova: Akar

“Akan tetapi, hidup ini cair. Semesta ini bergerak. Realitas berubah. Seluruh simpul dari kesadaran kita berkembang mekar. Hidup akan mengikis apa saja yang memilih diam, memaksa kita untuk mengikuti arus agungnya yang jujur tetapi penuh rahasia. Kamu, tidak terkecuali.”
― Dee Lestari, Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade

“Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.”
― James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

“For here you were, Big James, named for me—you were a big baby, I was not—here you were, to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against the loveless world.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

“I was so scared of being hurt that I'd done nothing. I was so scared of failing, of being hurt, that I choose nothing. I did nothing.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“Why does the night have to be so beautiful? As I walk through the night, I remember what Mitsutsuka said to me. “Because at night, only half the world remains.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“They’re on a pedestal from the second they’re born, only they don’t realize it. Whenever they need something, their moms come running. They’re taught to believe that their penises make them superior, and that women are just there for them to use as they see fit. Then they go out into the world, where everything centers around them and their dicks. And it’s women who have to make it work. At the end of the day, where is this pain that men feel coming from? In their opinion: us. It’s all our fault—whether they’re unpopular, broke, jobless. Whatever it is, they blame women for all of their failures, all their problems. Now think about women. No matter how you see it, who’s actually responsible for the majority of the pain women feel? If you think about it that way, how could a man and a woman ever see eye to eye? It’s structurally impossible.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs

“People like pretty things. When you’re pretty, everybody wants to look at you, they want to touch you. I wanted that for myself. Prettiness means value. But some people never experience that personally.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs

“Well, we use words to communicate, right? Still, most of our words don’t actually get across. You know what I mean? Well, our words might, but not what we’re actually trying to say. That’s what we’re always dealing with. We live in this place, in this world, where we can share our words but not our thoughts.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs