Rindi

“It is the secret fear that we are unlovable that isolates us,” the passage goes, “but it is only because we are isolated that we think we are unlovable. Someday, you do not know when, you will be driving down a road. And someday, you do not know when, he, or indeed she, will be there. You will be loved because for the first time in your life, you will truly not be alone. You will have chosen to not be alone.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“We are not quite novels.
We are not quite short stories.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“Setiap langkahmu, langkah kita, apakah terlihat atau tidak, apakah terasa atau tidak, adalah sebuah kontribusi, Laut. Mungkin saja kita keluar dari rezim ini 10 tahun lagi atau 20 tahun lagi, tapi apa pun yang kamu alami di Blangguan dan Bungurasih adalah sebuah langkah. Sebuah baris dalam puisimu. Sebuah kalimat pertama dari cerita pendekmu....

Kinan”
― Leila S. Chudori, Laut Bercerita

“It’s often said that cleaning your house is like polishing yourself. I think that this is a golden rule. It isn’t just dust and dirt that accumulate in our homes. It’s also the shadows of our past selves that let that dust and dirt continue to build. Cleaning the grime is certainly unpleasant, but more than that, it’s the need to face our own past deeds that makes it so tough. But when we have fewer material possessions and cleaning becomes an easy habit, the shadows we now face will be of our daily accomplishments.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism