"Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it." - Carla, Everything,Everything

"Everyone thinks they're special,"......"Everyone's snowflake, right? We're all unique and complicated. We can never know the human heart, and all that?" - Olly, Everything,Everything 

"Do you ever wonder what life would be like if you could just change one thing?" - Olly, Everything,Everything 

"It's weird to miss something you've never had - or don't remember having, anyway." - Maddy, Everything,Everything 

"Wanting just leads more wanting. There's no end to desire." - Maddy, Everything,Everything 

"Life is hard, honey. Everyone finds a way" - Carla, Everything,Everything 

"Maybe I’m holding out of hope that one day, someday, things will change." - Maddy, Everything,Everything 

"A kiss should be personal, not a mandatory public event." - Raia, The Architecture of Love

-Ika Natassa

"A girl can never go wrong with a little black dress."
- Ika Natassa, The Architecture of Love

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“Toko buku itu kayak surga kecil. … And don’t you just love the heterogeneity of bookstores? Toko buku itu bukti nyata bahwa keragaman selera bisa kumpul di bawah satu atap tanpa harus saling mencela. … Bookstores are the least discriminative place in the world.” - Tanya Baskoro, Critical Eleven (Ika Natassa)

“…karena setiap aku diam, my mind would  start to wander to places I don’t want it to wander to. Mempertanyakan makna hidup, tujuan hidup ini sebenarnya mau ngapain, apakah aku sudah melakukan apa yang seharusnya aku lakukan sebagai manusia pada umur segini…”- Tanya Baskoro, Critical Eleven (Ika Natassa)

“I’m one of those weird people who loves airport. There’s just something liberating yet shooting about it.”  - Tanya Baskoro, Critical Eleven (Ika Natassa)

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Kado Tahun Baru

Suaranya masih sama, masih terdengar berat di seberang sana seperti sedang di tengah kebisingan. Aku suka dengar suaranya. Tapi, pipiku mulai menghangat, aku merasakan ada yang hampir jatuh di ujung mataku, aku hampir saja menangis.

An End, A Beginning

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Let's count down!!! Kurang dari 4 jam lagi kita mengakhiri 2013. Is it an end? Yes, it is. Ini akhir dari 2013, but it's

"Petrichor. Aroma yang kamu rasakan selepas hujan bukan berasal dari tanah ataupun dari air hujan itu sendiri. Aroma itu adalah minyak atsiri. Tumbuhan secara terus-menerus melepaskannya ke dalam tanah, disimpan di dalamnya, lalu ditebarkan saat air hujan jatuh. Kamu adalah air hujan di atas sana. Aku adalah petrichor yang tersembunyi. Aku mengharapkan kamu untuk jatuh supaya aku menjadi ada."

(via Kuntawiaji)

"You know, seperti yang dibilang Wallace di buku itu: awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over."

— Ika Natassa dalam Antologi Rasa, dalam tokoh Keara, quoting from a book of David Foster Wallace

"There was this saying in Latin: nemo in amore videt. No one in love sees. Ada satu lagi kutipan yang bilang bahwa love is not blind, but it's blinding."

— Ika Natassa dalam Antologi Rasa, dalam tokoh Keara

"I remember things better with you. I look at you and I'm home."

— Dory said to Marlin in Finding Nemo, written in Antologi Rasa