Mia Prasetya

“Why does a father have to protect his son?” I thought for a moment before answering. “Look,” I said as I stroked his cheek, “the world we live in can sometimes be very tough. And it’s only fair that everyone who’s born into it should have at least one person who’ll be there to protect him.”
― Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years

“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”
― Mia Couto

“We are the ones who create the messes in our heads. It does not come from outside.”
― Paulo Coelho, Adultery

“We aren’t who we want to be. We are what society demands. We are what our parents choose. We don’t want to disappoint anyone; we have a great need to be loved. So we smother the best in us. Gradually, the light of our dreams turns into the monster of our nightmares. They become things not done, possibilities not lived.”
― Paulo Coelho, Adultery