[Review] Twivortiare 2

Buku ini sudah terbit beberapa tahun lalu, tapi baru sempat baca. Bercerita tentang kehidupn pernikahan kedua antara alexandra Rhea dengan Beno Wicaksono. Pernikahan pertama mereka gagal, mereka bercerai lalu menikah lagi. Seperti pada novel sebelumnya, Twivortiare, novel ini disajikan dalam bentuk kicauan twitter oleh akun @alexandrarheaw. Beda kan dari novel lainnya. Kicauan ini nyata, si Ika Natassa, penulisnya beneran membuat akun twitter tsb dan rutin berkicau di sana. Hingga kicauan tsb menjadi satu novel. Kalau untuk alur cerita, novel ini lebih flat, tidak ada konflik berarti.

Pelajaran tentang menikah, menyesuaikan diri dan menjaga api cinta demi kelanggengan rumah tangga menjadi bahasan utama dalam novel ringan ini.

• You know you’re in love with the right person when falling in love with him turns you into the best version of yourself.
• Some dreams just make you don't want to wake up.
• You can only cry when you really want something and it means the world to you.
• Kadang suatu keputusan itu baru bisa jelas digolongkan bodoh atau bijaksana setelah ketahuan akibatnya, kan? 
• Kadang kita dikasih pilihan yang sulit hanya untuk nunjukin ke kita mana sebenarnya yang buat kita lebih penting dan lebih berharga. It's like the university way of making us aware of things that matter the most.
• Hands that sew are holier than hands that pray (kalau kita memang punya kemampuan, bantuan langsung dengan tangan sendiri, jangan sekedar mendoakan) -- dr. Devi Shetty
• Ini nasihat buat para perempuan di timeline gue: do not be an option to someone, you should be his only choice. 
• if a man wants to be with you, he'll make every effort to be with you, no excuse. men are simple, you know. 
• Don't waste your time on somebody you don't like or doesn't like you. that's how simple the dating game is. 
• Good marriage is not destiny. You are never destined to be happy. You have to work and search for it and take care of it.
• I'm sure every couple have their own sweet stories. Our are both bitter and sweet.
• A great relationship is not just when you can laugh together, but also laugh at each other. Affectionately.
• ”People say the greatest enemy of love is jealousy. It’s not. The greatest enemy of love is boredom.”
• Do you realize that when you miss a person, it’s not just him that you miss? It’s the feeling you had when you were with them.
• Cinta itu bukan masalah statistik. Melainkan masalah kesempatan, keberanian, dan pilihan. Kesempatan bertemu, keberanian jatuh dan disakiti, dan memilih.
• Waktu menikah, kita harus yakin pasangan itu adalah yang terbaik buat kita. Karena udah yakin yang terbaik, maka di dalam sini nih (nunjuk kepala) dan sini (nunjuk dada) nggak akan buang-buang energi mikirin yang lain.
• The heart is a tricky thing. But that’s why God creates your head.
• Yang jelas, pengorbanan apa pun yang lo lakukan demi cinta, itu harus atas dasar kerelaan dan keikhlasan lo sendiri.
• A little jealousy in relationship is healthy, don’t you think? It’s always nice to know that somebody is afraid to lose you.
• What you give out will eventually return to you.
• Apparently when you’re really good at something, people would always want more.
• It’s funny how being pregnant makes you feel powerful and fragile at the same time.
• Powerful because I’m growing a human being inside of me. It’s magical! Fragile because I want my baby to be as happy and comfortable as it can be in here, that I’m afraid if what I’m doing is hurting it. And I’m trying to listen to what my body is telling me all the time because I believe it’s what Lil Kiddo is trying to tell me too.
• But oh well, ada beberapa orang yang dihadirkan ke dalam hidup kita tujuannya memang murni untuk melatih kesabaran.
• But I guess life is a nonstop learning curve anyway. Dulu belajar untuk lulus sekolah, sekarang belajar jadi istri dan ibu yang baik. As you grow older, there will be more roles that you have to play in life.
• The best part about getting a gift is not the gift itself, but the fact that somebody remembers you in their thoughts
• ”Sometimes life is like riding a bike. You just gotta keep moving to keep yourself from falling down.”
• Motherhood changes you. In the best way possible.
• The best part about being pregnant is to never feel alone again. No matter what happens, my lil junior and I have each other.
• Sometimes the wrong choice brings us to the right place.
• I think the purest kind of love is the kind that expects nothing in return. It doesn’t even expect to be loved back
• I’m too happy to notice any negativity around me.
• When you feel that your life is boring, that every day is the same, and with the same people, maybe you should be thankful. To some people, it means stability. And a lot of people don’t have that.
• Once you have a kid of your own, he or she becomes the center of your universe and you just can’t help it.
• I don’t give a shit to whatever they’re saying anymore. Arga is such a bundle of joy that nothing else matters.
• You know how when you’re so in love with someone, your spouse, he becomes the reasons of your every sadness and happiness?