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“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

“Masa lalu tidak pernah hilang. Ia ada tetapi tidak tahu jalan pulang. Untuk itu ia menitipkan surat-kadang kepada sesuatu yang tidak kita duga. Kita menyebutnya kenangan”
― M. Aan Mansyur, Kukila

“Aku tak ingin berakhir seperti mereka, saling mencintai. Lantas kehilangan dan kini mereka hanya mengenang dan merenung dari jauh.”
― Leila S. Chudori, Pulang

“A little bird whispers in my ear: "Be fair! Nobody, no country, has a monopoly of untruth.”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

“Ia tahu apa yang menjadi haknya, lewat jalan apa pun akhirnya akan jatuh ke tangannya pula. Sebaliknya apa yang belum menjadi miliknya, diberikan di depan mulut pun akan jatuh ke tanah. Gusti Allah sudah mengatur semuanya.”
― Arswendo Atmowiloto, Canting

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
― Ansel Adams

“Tears are my joy to hide my pain;
like thunder hides the sound of rain.”
― Munia Khan

“Aku punya alasan seluas satu semesta untuk mencintaimu. Namun, bila pun aku kehilangan seluruh alasan itu, aku masih akan tetap mencintaimu.”
― Pringadi A.S

“Aku belajar bicara pada hening. Karena sepi sudah akrab denganku. Kematian menciumku, maka merah flamboyan tak cukup terang nyalakan mataku. Padahal denyar belum usai. Kuku kisruh masih mencakar-cakar.
"Andai semua makhluk yang bernapas bisa berterima kasih kepada kesalahan," begitu katamu. "Kamu baik, hormat, dan sayang padaku, dari dulu, sekarang, dan semoga selamanya. Aku bisa mati tanpamu," jawabku pada kabut.”
― Lan Fang, Perempuan Kembang Jepun

“Apa yang harus kuseru jika lidah tertikam sepi yang enggan beranjak, kecuali mengadu pada lamunan "nadaku sumbang, suaraku pincang. Ini bukan lagu yang kumau.”
― Lan Fang, Perempuan Kembang Jepun

“Bila kamu memeluk hujan, itu aku. Bila kamu menyentuh dingin, itu aku. Bila kamu mencium angin, itu aku. Maka kamu adalah tanah yang begitu tabah menadah basah.”
― Lan Fang, Sonata Musim Kelima

“Jadilah kita sepasang kekasih yang diam-diam saja di sini. Seperti penulis tuli yang jatuh cinta pada pianis buta. Memang tidak perlu ke mana-mana, bukan? Bukankah kau selalu mendengarkanku seperti aku setia menyaksikanmu?”
― Lan Fang, Sonata Musim Kelima

“I missed you every hour. And you know what the worst part was? It caught me completely by surprise. I'd catch myself just walking around to find you, not for any reason, just out of habit, because I'd seen something that I wanted to tell you about or because I wanted to hear your voice. And then I'd realize that you weren't there anymore, and every time, every single time, it was like having the wind knocked out of me. I've risked my life for you. I've walked half the length of Ravka for you, and I'd do it again and again and again just to be with you, just to starve with you and freeze with you and hear you complain about hard cheese every day. So don't tell me why we don't belong together," he said fiercely.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.”
― Sean O'Casey, THREE MORE PLAYS BY SEAN O'CASEY:THE SILVER TASSIE;PURPLE DUST;RED ROSES FOR ME [Paperback]

“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.”
― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968

“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“I am nothing. I’m like someone who’s been thrown into the ocean at night, floating all alone. I reach out, but no one is there. I call out, but no one answers. I have no connection to anything.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“And I really wanted to see you, too," she said. "When I couldn’t see you any more, I realized that. It was as clear as if the planets all of a sudden lined up in a row for me. I really need you. You’re a part of me; I’m a part of you.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart