Zarith Razif

“For a long time I shined my light for someone other than me. But not anymore. Now I shine bright for me. You can create light even when everyone's left you behind because that's what you do. It's what I do.”
― Jeff Zentner, Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

“Silence holds no fears for me. I never feel the urge to fill it as so many other people do.”
― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another

“He leaned forward, eyes gleaming with enthusiasm. As he spoke, he lifted the kettle from the oil flame and poured steaming water into the cup and a bowl. Ginger and cinnamon wafted toward me. “All of time, every sliced instant of it, is rich with vertices of choices. One becomes accustomed to that, to the point at which sometimes even I have to stop and remind myself that I am making choices, even when I do not seem to be. Every indrawn breath is a choice. But sometimes one is reminded of that forcibly, sometimes I meet a person so laden with possibilities and potential that the mere existence of such a being is a jolt to reality. You are like that, still, to me. The sheer improbability of your existence took my breath away. … Yet here you are, with me still, defying the odds by existing. And by your existence, with every breath you take, you change all time. You are like a wedge driven into dry wood. With every beat of your heart, you are pounded deeper into ‘what might be’ and as you advance, you crack the future open, and expose a hundred, a thousand new possibilities, each branching into another hundred, another thousand.”
p. 264 The Fool to Fitz”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate

“Ular menyusur banir
tanpa kaki tanpa tangan.
Engkau bakal menyusur
titian sirat
tanpa amalan.

(Permohonan)”
― Darma Mohammad, Kumpulan Puisi: Rintik-Rintik Huruf