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“Orang bilang ada kekuatan-kekuatan dahsyat yang tak terduga yang bisa timbul pada samudera, pada gunung berapi dan pada pribadi yang tahu benar akan tujuan hidupnya .”

Book:House of Glass

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House of Glass

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pramoedya Ananta Toer was a renowned Indonesian author known for his profound insights into colonialism and nationalism. His works extensively covered historical, social, and political issues, profoundly influencing Indonesian literature. more

“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you...it means that you do not treat your body as a commodity with which to purchase superficial intimacy or economic security; for our bodies to be treated as objects, our minds are in mortal danger. It means insisting that those to whom you give your friendship and love are able to respect your mind. It means being able to say, with Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre: "I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all the extraneous delights should be withheld or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give. Responsibility to yourself means that you don't fall for shallow and easy solutions--predigested books and ideas...marrying early as an escape from real decisions, getting pregnant as an evasion of already existing problems. It means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short...and this, in turn, means resisting the forces in society which say that women should be nice, play safe, have low professional expectations, drown in love and forget about work, live through others, and stay in the places assigned to us. It means that we insist on a life of meaningful work, insist that work be as meaningful as love and friendship in our lives. It means, therefore, the courage to be "different"...The difference between a life lived actively, and a life of passive drifting and dispersal of energies, is an immense difference. Once we begin to feel committed to our lives, responsible to ourselves, we can never again be satisfied with the old, passive way.”

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Author:Adrienne Rich

“Men concerned with matters of mind often find themselves in better control of space, energy and matter. Men concerned with matter often find themselves in small spaces, devoid of energy, stuck in a cluttered mind.”

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“manusia yang malang di dunia ini bukan mereka yg tidak memiliki uang, melainkan mereka yang tidak memiliki tujuan dalam hidupnya”

Tujuan

Book:Setengah Isi Setengah Kosong "Half Full Half Empty"

Source: Setengah Isi Setengah Kosong "Half Full Half Empty"

“Laut adalah pengembaraan sebuah tujuan, Apalagi ketika hati telah dilanda gunda dan gulana. Pada siapa lagi kuarahkan semua resah ini, Saat aku telah kehilangan angan yang dulu pernah aku miliki.? Bahkan dinding yang diam mulai tertawa sinis padaku... i feel nothing...!”

Kehilangan Diam Tujuan Resah Gundagulana