Geraldine Supit

“Ibu bapak tani—ibu bapak tanah air—akan meratapi putera-puterinya yang terkubur dalam udara terbuka di atas rumput hijau, di bawah naungan langit biru di mana awan putih berarak dan angin bersuling di rumpun bambu. Kemudian tinggallah tulang belulang putih yang bercerita pada musafir lalu, “ Di sini pernah terjadi pertempuran. Dan aku mati di sini.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Percikan Revolusi Subuh

“What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.”
― Anais Nin, Henry & June

“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

“She was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye