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“Orang orang sudah lelah, terpuruk oleh rencana dan kebutuhan sehari hari yang mendesak. Disibukkan dengan tetek bengek kenyataan lainnya yang tak perlu masuk akal. Mereka hanya menunggu giliran waktu, mengatur strategi bagaimana berkompromi dengan semua peristiwa nyata, yang hanya menjadi berita sekilas dalam Koran. Berita umum yang semua orang sudah menganggapnya lumrah, biasa saja, salahnya “pemerintah”, salahnya warga, salahnya pendatang, semua tampak bersalah di mata pembaca. Berita yang paginya nangkring sebentar, lalu esok paginya cabut, tergantikan oleh berita yang lebih sadis!”

“It was the kind of summer evening that made Ursula want to be alone. 'Oh,' Izzie said, 'You're at an age when a girl is simply consumed by the sublime.' Ursula wasn't sure what she meant ('No one is ever sure what she means,' Sylvie said) but she thought she understood a little. There was a strangeness in the shimmering air, a sense of imminence that made Ursula's chest feel full, as if her heart was growing. It was a kind of high holiness - she could think of no other way of describing it. Perhaps it was the future, she thought, coming nearer all the time.”