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“Do you know what the worst thing about being a parent is? That you're always judged by your worst moments. You can do a million things right, but if you do one single thing wrong you're forever that parent who was checking his phone in the park when your child was hit in the head by a swing. We don't take our eyes off them for days at a time, but then you read just one text message and it's as if all your best moments never happened. No one goes to see a psychologist to talk about all the times they weren't hit in the head by a swing as a child. Parents are defined by their mistakes.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Jadi yang bisa kau lakukan hanyalah belajar untuk hidup di sisi dinding ini. Berusaha saja membuat sisi dinding ini sama menyenangkannya seperti keinginan mamamu.”
― Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller

“Itu bukan salahmu. Aku tahu aku bilang begitu, tapi sebenarnya bukan. Aku hanya marah, dan saat aku marah, aku mengatakan hal-hal yang tidak seharusnya."

"Hal-hal yang benar," ujar Siringen.

"Bukan. Semua yang dikatakan saat marah tidaklah benar," tegasku. "Itu hanya sekadar ide yang belum menemukan kata-kata yang tepat, jadi berusaha mengatakannya terlalu cepat adalah kesalahan. Itu seperti awan—berubah bentuk dan tidak selalu sama.”
― Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller

“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life. I want it to be exciting all the time, and I get it, actually. On the other hand, I can find excitement, I admit, in raindrops falling on a puddle and a lot of people wouldn’t. I intend to have it exciting until the day I fall over.”
― David Hockney, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney