Beauty is a Wound

“Believe me, not many people are prepared to remember anything that isn’t their immediate concern.”

“Well, you are free to love me,” said Dewi Ayu. “But don’t expect too much in return, because expectation has nothing to do with love.”

“What am I being arrested for?” asked Comrade Kliwon.
“Waiting for newspapers that will never come,” said Shodancho, with bitter humor

But I’ll never be a good husband,” he protested.
“So be a terrible husband if you want.”

“They left as soon as they learned how to unbutton a man’s fly.”

“You can turn her into a prostitute and take the money she earns for as long as she lives,” said the old man. “Or, if there’s no man who wants to be with her, you can chop her up into bits and sell her flesh at the market.”