Seorang pelayan wanita menghidangkan susu coklat dan kue. Dan pelayan itu tidak datang merangkak-rangkak seperti pada majikan Pribumi. Malah dia melihat padaku seperti menyatakan keheranan. Tak mungkin yang demikian terjadi pada majikan Pribumi: dia ...
The orange of the golden carp appeared at the edge of the pond. . . . We watched in silence at the beauty and grandeur of the great fish. Out of the corners of my eyes I saw Cico hold his hand to his breast as the golden carp glided by. Then with a s...
Apakah ada yang tahu bagaimana rasanya mencintai seseorang yang tidak boleh dicintai? Aku tahu. Hidup ini sungguh aneh, juga tidak adil. Suatu kali hidup melambungkanmu setinggi langit, kali lainnya hidup menghempaskanmu begitu keras ke bumi. Ketika ...
It had been dark at the beach for hours, he hadn't been smoking much and it wasn't headlights – but before she turned away, he could swear he saw light falling on her face, the orange light just after sunset that catches a face turned to the west, ...
It was one of those perfect New York October afternoons, when the explosion of oranges and yellows against the bright blue sky makes you feel like your life is passing through your fingers, that you've felt this autumn-feeling before and you'll proba...
Semua yang diciptakan tentu selalu ada tujuannya. Tapi tentu saja terkadang engkau boleh memilih. Kalau engkau tak ingin kelebihan yang diberikan kepadamu, tentu engkau bisa.. mengabaikannya, bukan?" "Mengabaikan?" "Ya, anggap saja engkau tak pernah ...
I really rarely meet someone with quality like this: has great expectation and persistent efforts to earn it, yet also had a high immunity against disappointment. Jarang sekali aku bertemu orang dengan kualitas seperti ini: memiliki harapan besar dan...
Did he just rip out the engine?" I asked. "Yes", Saiman said. "And now he is demolishing the Maserati with it." Ten seconds later Curran hurled the twisted wreck of black and orange that used to be the Maserati into the wall. The first melodic notes ...
Kedua matanya baru saja terbuka dari tidur yang lelap. Pandangannya tertuju pada sang suami yang sudah terbangun, dengan tangan dan wajah yang telah terbasuh. Lelaki bergelar Al-Amin itu sedang menyisir rambut di depan kaca yang tertempel di tembok s...
...and on some nights in bed, in that moment before sleep erased the day, I would picture the way the sky in Lapland looked the morning I left, how the train had sped south beneath a sky that was brighter than it had been in weeks. It had pulsed with...
Otrera stayed dead the second time," Kinzie said, batting her eyes. "We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend...well, I think you'd look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit." Percy couldn't tell if she was kidding o...
Ruang perpustakaan tidak pernah cukup untuk menyimpan buku yang tidak pernah dibaca, jadi pustakawan memeriksa catatannya setiap saat dan menarik buku-buku yang tidak lagi dibaca orang. Kau bisa menyelamatkan buku hanya dengan membacanya. Tentu saja,...
I grew up in a utopia, I did. California when I was a child was a child's paradise, I was healthy, well fed, well clothed, well housed. I went to school and there were libraries with all the world in them and after school I played in orange groves an...
Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks. There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your ...
Walaupun mereka telah mencapai pelbagai kemajuan, dan hidup aman damai dalam masyarakat Islam yang stabil, namun kerajaan mereka selalunya tidak begitu: perubahan rejim biasanya berlaku secara ganas dan menimbulkan keadaan huru-hara. Dari segi politi...
Persaudaraan yang diikat oleh sesuatu. Dengan ikatan itu mereka saling menjaga, saling membantu bila ada keperluan, merupakan saudara seperti satu keluarga sendiri, dalam fam atau marga yang sama. Ikatan ini merupakan dan mempunyai ketentuan hukum, d...
The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This is how the world changes: a counter pushed across a table, a pen stroke that alters the force of a phras...
In East Orange, initiations were completed by murdering someone, for no other reason than to prove to a tremendously cold, tremendously tight brotherhood that you possessed the hardness required to watch their backs.
When I was young I wanted to be just like him. One of the charm, of a bright orange smile and muscular laughter. Bold brown eyes flashing fearless when he sat not alone on cold blue nights in empty boxcars. Riding a freight train's solitary wail away...
Today we live in a society that seems to be less and less concerned with reality. We drink instant coffee and reconstituted orange juice. We buy our vegetables on cardboard trays covered with plastic. But perhaps the most dehumanizing thing of all is...
I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I just have the stylist on set trim it for me. I don't dye my hair. When I was a teenager, I dyed my hair five colors at one time. It was all different shades of ...
