“Menulis kembali kenangan masa lalu butuh sebuah keberanian.”

“The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss.”

“I had another reason for seeking Him, for trying to espy His face, a professional one. God and literature are conflated in my mind. Why this is, I’m not sure. Perhaps because great books seem heavensent. Perhaps because I know that each nove is a puny but very valiant attempt at godlike behavior. Perhaps because there is no difference between the finest poetry and most transcendent mysticism. Perhaps because writers like Thomas Merton, who are able to enter the realm of the spirit and come away with fine, lucid prose. Perhaps because of more secular writers, like John Steinbeck, whose every passage, it seems to me, peals with religiousity and faith. It once occured to me that literature — all art really — is either talking to people about God, or talking to God about people.”

“Once you know this kind of love, you will never question love again. You’ll know it when you see it. You’ll know it when you feel it. You will never be confused by something that is something else.”

“Love is a clash of lightnings”

“What will I be doing in twenty years’ time? I’ll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?”

“Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.”

“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self…from within.”

“It’s such a silly little thing, the heart.”

“Stay True,Stay Magic”

“Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.”

“Life’s good when it’s lived for oneself; it’s great when lived for others. The true means of happiness is to lose your mind by thinking for others!”

“Only those who row the boat make waves”

“It is easy to be wise after the event.”