But that I may know with certainty how far we agree or differ, will you give me leave,for once, to be a saucy girl, and catechise my adopted papa? Though indeed I do notmean to do it saucily, but really and truly for my information. For when you left itto me to make the applications, inferences, and conclusions, from all the quotations,stories, and observations you produced, you left me a task …
Dan suatu wajah itu muncul di malamku, diam di sela-sela berlian yang bertaburan di lautan angkasa. Dari kejauhan dapat kulihat ia tersenyum, mengatakan bahwa ia akan selalu menungguku pulang untuk mengecup keningnya. Membuatku sadar: cintanya yang seluas samudra telah menuntunku pada ujung pengasingan. - Lelaki Jingga
TIDAK DIANJURKAN UNTUK IBU HAMIL! ... Beberapa menit kemudian, kelas dimulai. Kayaknya, ngajar kelas 1 SMP bakalan jadi living hell. Baru masuk aja udah berisik banget. "Selamat siang, saya Dika," gue bilang ke para siswa kelas 1 SMP yang baru gue ajar ini. "Saya guru untuk pelajaran ini." "Siang, Pak!" kata anak cewek yang duduk di depan. "Jangan, Pak. Kakak aja," kata gue sok imut. G…
"'There are other things deep in the jungle, my lord, that no man may look upon and live.' "'What, for example?' demanded King. "'The ghosts of my ancestors,' answered the Cambodian, 'the Khmers who dwelt here in great cities ages ago. Within the dark shadows of the jungle the ruins of their cities still stand, and down the dark aisles of the forest pass the ancient kings and warriors and lit…
Tentang seekor monyet yang ingin menikah dengan kaisar dangdut.
The patron saint of this story is St Francis of Assisi (1181–1226 ), because it all sort of started with a robbery and the first saintish thing he ever did was a robbery. He stole some cloth from his father and gave it to the poor. There is a patron saint of actual robbers – Dismas (1st century) – but I’m not an actual robber. I was only trying to be good. It was our first day at Great …
Good thing the plane had seat belts and we’d been strapped in tight before takeoff. Without them, that last jolt would have been enough to throw Vonetta into orbit and Fern across the aisle. Still, I anchored myself and my sisters best as I could to brace us for whatever came next. Those clouds weren’t through with us yet and dealt another Cassius Clay–left–and–a–right jab to the bo…
In the town of Vladímir lived a young merchant named Iván Dmítritch Aksyónof. He had two shops and a house of his own. Aksyónof was a handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed fellow, full of fun, and very fond of singing. When quite a young man he had been given to drink, and was riotous when he had had too much, but after he married he gave up drinking, except now and then. One summer Aksyóno…
A beginning. Where are my manners? I could introduce myself properly, but it’s not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of variables. It suffices to say that at some point in time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away. At t…