Adelina

“Could you have a real friendship if some part of you was always expecting betrayal?”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“You spent so much time explaining yourself, your work to others - what it meant, what you were trying to accomplish, why you were trying to accomplish it, why you had to chosen the colors and subject matter and materials and application and technique that you had - that it was a relief to simply be with another person to whom you didn't have to explain anything.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Orang selalu berharap kau melanjutkan hidup secepatnya setelah mengalami kehilangan. Selama beberapa bulan pertama, simpati mencurahimu. Kemudian, pelan-pelan, berkurang, dan suatu hari kau mendapati dirimu sendiri berdiri sendirian di makam, bertanya-tanya kenapa orang lain sudah beralih memedulikan sesuatu yang lain sementara kau masih tetap di sini, tanpa suara masih membawa kesedihan yang sama. Orang jadi bosan dengan dukacitamu. Mereka menginginkan topik baru untuk dibicarakan. Jadi, kau berhenti mengungkitnya karena tidak mau membuat bosan siapa pun.”
― Marie Lu, Batman: Nightwalker

“You have to talk about these things while they're fresh. Or you'll never talk about them. Because it's going to get harder and harder the longer you wait, and it's going to fester inside you, and you're always going to think you're to blame. You'll be wrong, of course, but you'll always think it.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life