Gilang

“Dear Milena,
I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep in Vienna, and say: “Come with me, Milena. We are going to love each other without scruples or fear or restraint. Because the world is ending tomorrow.” Perhaps we don’t love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know it, is irrelevant? Ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. We could help each other very much.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Why do you write?' he asked.
'So I can take my love for you and give it to the world,' I reply.
Because you won’t take it from me.”
― Lang Leav, Lullabies (Volume 2)

“Ayah adalah seorang Ekalaya. Dia ditolak tapi dia akan bertahan meski setiap langkahnya penuh jejak darah dan luka.”
― Leila S. Chudori, Pulang