Hunny

“Family," she announced. "They're the people in your life you don't get to pick. The ones that are given to you,as opposed to those you get to choose."

"You're bound to them by blood," she continued, her voice flat. "Which, you know, gives you that much more in common. Diseases, genetics, hair, and eye color. It's like they're part of your blueprint. If something's wrong with you, you can usually trace it back to them."
I nodded and kept writing.
"But," she said, "even though you're stuck with them, at the same time, they're also stuck with you. So that's why they always get the front rows at christenings and funerals. Because they're the ones that are there, you know, from the beginning to the end. Like it or not.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Sering ku terdengar,
Usikan nakal,
si lelaki pada wanita,
FEUWIT, CUNNYA!
buatku keliru sendiri,
apakah ertinya kecantikan wanita,
di mata lelaki?
Adakah pada susuk tubuh yang
menggiurkan?
Atau pada akhlak yang menawan?
Biar apa pun jawapannya,
Aku tetap aku,
Apa yang ku tahu,
Aku seorang wanita,
Fitrahku sukakan diri cantik jelita,
Namun bukan kecantikan di mata manusia,
Sebaliknya,
Ku mencari kecantikan yang diiktiraf Tuhan.

-Monolog Layyinul Harir-”
― Fatimah Syarha Mohd Noordin, Tautan Hati

“Family,”_ _ _“They’re the people in your life you don’t get
to pick. The ones that are given to you, as opposed to those you get to
choose.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key