Cassandra Clare: "Seandainya aku bisa membencimu, "katanya. Suara...

"Seandainya aku bisa membencimu, "katanya. Suaranya ringan, mulutnya melengkung setengah tersenyum, matanya sakit karena kesengsaraan." Aku ingin membencimu. Aku mencoba membencimu. Akan jauh lebih mudah jika aku membencimu. Terkadang aku memang membencimu dan kemudian aku melihatmu dan aku."

--- Cassandra Clare

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I wish I could hate you," he said. His voice was light, his mouth curved in an unconcerned half smile, his eyes sick with misery. "I want to hate you. I try to hate you. It would be so much easier if I did hate you. Sometimes I do hate you and then I see you and I.