Ayu

“Tapi satu pelajaran yang gue dapet. Kita bisa mencari iman di mana saja, termasuk di negara yang sering ‘dibilang kafir’ sekalipun.”
― Valiant Budi, Kedai 1001 Mimpi: Kisah Nyata Seorang Penulis yang Menjadi TKI

“I’ll tell you another secret, this one for your own good. You may think the past has something to tell you. You may think that you should listen, should strain to make out its whispers, should bend over backward, stoop down low to hear its voice breathed up from the ground, from the dead places. You may think there’s something in it for you, something to understand or make sense of.
But I know the truth: I know from the nights of Coldness. I know the past will drag you backward and down, have you snatching at whispers of wind and the gibberish of trees rubbing together, trying to decipher some code, trying to piece together what was broken. It’s hopeless. The past is nothing but a weight. It will build inside of you like a stone.
Take it from me: If you hear the past speaking to you, feel it tugging at your back and running its fingers up your spine, the best thing to do—the only thing—is run.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers