“What happened is the least of it. It’s a novel, and once you’ve finished a novel, what happened in it is of little importance and soon forgotten. What matter are the possibilities and ideas that the novelist’s imaginary plot communicates to us and infuses us with, a plot that we recall far more vividly than real events and to which we pay far more attention.”
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“Those who perpetrate stories must act cruelly.”
“Bagi seorang lelaki, ibu adalah cinta pertamanya”
“Love is always about losing something”
“Memang, memuaskan hati semua orang adalah perkara yang mustahil”
“Sebab, memberikan harapan tanpa kepastian adalah sebuah kejahatan”
“Jika kita mau membuka hati, kita akan menemukan keceriaan dan kehangatan di meja makan.”
“In as much time as it takes to smoke a cigarette, a person's life was changed forever.”