“ Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. ” ― Rumi
Dari 51 cerpen yang dimuat di Harian Kompas selama 2008, peraih Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2004, Linda Christanty, dan pengajar filsafat di Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Indonesia, Rocky Gerung, memilih 15 cerpen untuk antologi ini. "Smokol" karya Nuk