Tika Pane

“You…made…me…faint,” I accused him dizzily.
“What am I going to do with you?” he groaned in exasperation. “Yesterday I kiss you, and you attack me! Today you pass out on me!”
I laughed weakly, letting his arms support me while my head spun.
“So much for being good at everything,” he sighed.
“That's the problem.” I was still dizzy. “You're too good. Far, far too good.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“These people are so damned proud of their hatred! Hatred is easy, and lazy to boot. It’s love that demands effort, love that exacts a price from each of us. Love costs; this is its value.”
― Erika Johansen, The Fate of the Tearling

“Kesepian adalah benang-benang halus ulat sutera yang perlahan-lahan, lembar demi lembar, mengurung orang sehingga ulat yang ada di dalamnya ingin segera melepaskan diri menjadi wujud yang sama sekali berbeda, yang bisa saja tidak diingat lagi asal-usulnya. Hanya ulat busuk yang tidak ingin menjadi kupu-kupu. (81)”
― Sapardi Djoko Damono, Hujan Bulan Juni

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison