It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer.

I drew up a promise deep in my heart: when I grew up, I would write a book for this teacher of mine.

This is the amazing thing about being a child: the ability to quickly mend a broken heart after years of love.

Dalam hidup ini kita tidak selalu mengerjakan apa yang kita cintai, namun kita dapat belajar untuk mencintai apa yang kita kerjakan.

Suddenly Lintang got up from his seat and went over to his father, took the form from his hands, and exclaimed, “I will be the one to fill out this form later, Ibunda Guru, after I have learned how to read and write!

Orang – orang yang berkata tentang diri mereka sendiri, melebih – lebihkan. Orang – orang yang berkata tentang orang lain, mengurang – ngurangi.

They were crazy together, but their true sweetheart was the dark world of shamanism.

We have to have dreams, high dreams, Boi, and school is the road we start on. Don’t give up, Boi. Don’t ever give up.

This wasn’t fair. Lintang, who had fought to the death for education, now had to leave.

People seeing the two of them would assume they were a couple, a handsome young man and a pretty tomboyish girl always together, equally crazy.