Adara Kirana

“Dan kini, Adikku, kini terasa betul oleh kita, pahit sungguh hidup di dunia ini, bila kita selalu ingat pada kejahatan orang lain. Tapi untuk kita sendiri, Adikku, bukankah kita tidak perlu menjahati orang lain?”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bukan Pasar Malam

“Bahwa orang yang punya itu banyak menimbulkan kesusahan pada yang tak punya. Dan mereka tak merasai ini.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bukan Pasar Malam

“Dan dengan langkah berat pergilah aku meninggalkan rumahsakit itu; rumah tempat orang yang tak bebas mempergunakan tubuh dan hidupnya sendiri.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bukan Pasar Malam

“When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. They're in everything you do. They're in the air you breathe and the water you drink and the blood in your veins. Their touch stays on your skin and their voice stays in your ears and their thoughts stay in your mind. You know their dreams because their nightmares pierce your heart and their good dreams are your dreams too. And you don't think they're perfect, but you know their flaws, the deep-down truth of them, and the shadows of all their secrets, and they don't frighten you away; in fact you love them more for it, because you don't want perfect. You want them. You want—"

He broke off then, as if realizing everyone was looking at him again.

"You want what?" said Dru with enormous eyes.

"Nothing," Julian said. "I'm just talking.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight