“Orang Indonesia memang tak pernah siap, We started fighting first and thinking later”

“What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.”

“Some wounds go so deep that you don't even feel them until months, maybe years, later.”

“Ah... manusia memang tak pernah merasa cukup.”

“I'm tired of thinking and I'm really tired of Feeling.—Jenna Richards”

“While the subject matter is lynching, on a deeper level, this novel is about identity. Whom and what we identify ourselves with determines our characters, determines who we are, and what we do.”

“We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.”