Galib

“Mama-when she was younger-said a woman on the run ought to keep a lookout over her shoulder. She also said a girl shouldn't get so big for her pants that she outgrew her history. But some ancestral memories deserved to be abandoned.”
― Ann Hite, Going To The Water

“Sister - she was my friend, the first person I shared a secret with.

Brother - he was my armour, the first person who protected me.

Father - he was my listener, the first person I ever cried with.

Mother - she was my "Home", the first place I ever lived.”
― Kamil Khalil Alvi

“Teman yang tahu ceritaku bahkan tak menaruh simpati. Bukannya membantu bangkit. Diam saja melihatku terjerumus. Aku jatuh, dia hanya menonton.”
― Jacq, Ask Me Like You Did

“Dwell on the past and you’ll lose an eye.” But the proverb goes on to say: “Forget the past and you’ll lose both eyes.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation