Helga

“Tapi, yang lebih menakutkan dari apapun yang pernah kita takutkan adalah kalau kita terus-terusan merasa takut.”
― Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie, Jakarta Sebelum Pagi

“People who live with their head in the clouds deserve to hit the ground every once in a while.”
― Keigo Higashino, ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟

“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Ah, Mas Nganten ini. Bagi orang kebanyakan seperti sahaya ini kita kawin supaya semakin susah. Tentu beda dengan para priyayi besar, mereka kawin supaya jadi senang.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Gadis Pantai