D Quotes
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“Dia telah menjadi pelopor sejak dari masa remajanya. Makin menjadi-jadi ketika dia dewasa. Semangatnya tidak pernah surut meski menjadi seorang istri dan seorang ibu.”
Source: BANU Pewaris Trah Pesantren
“Dia tidak tahu apa yang mendorong tindakan orang dewasa sehingga mereka sanggup berbohong demi melakukannya. Mungkin dalam dunia orang dewasa, perbuatan baik sukar difahami sehingga mereka terpaksa melakukannya secara sembunyi-sembunyi.”
Source: Mawaddah Ilmi Ingin Pulang
“Dia tidak tahu kalau setelah dia lewat di depan Nawang, wangi parfumnya yang manis seperti campuran vanila dan strawberry milkshake membuat Nawang menggigit kepalan tangannya sendiri dengan gemas.”
Source: Planet Luna
“Dia yang terlalu tinggi di atas singgasana tidak pernah melihat telapak kakinya. Dia tak pernah ingat, pada tubuhnya ada bagian yang bernama telapak kaki. Pendengarannya tidak untuk menangkap suara dewa, juga tidak suara segala yang di bawah telapak kaki. Ia hanya dengarkan diri sendiri. Suara murid Bapa ini takkan sampai kepadanya. Untuknya yang paling tepat hanya dijolok.”
Source: Arok dedes
“Dia, yang tidak pernah kamu mengerti. Dia, racun yang membunuhmu perlahan. Dia, yang kamu reka dan kamu cipta. Sebelah darimu menginginkan agar dia datang, membencimu hingga muak dia mendekati gila, menertawakan segala kebodohannya, kehilafan untuk sampai jatuh hati kepadamu, menyesalkan magis yang hadir naluriah setiap kalian berjumpa. Akan kamu kirimkan lagi tiket bioskop, bon restoran, semua tulisannya --dari mulai nota sebaris sampai doa berbait-bait. Dan beceklah pipi-nya karena geli, karena asap dan abu dari benda-benda yang dia hanguskan--bukti bahwa kalian pernah saling tergila-gila--beterbangan masuk ke matanya. Semoga dia pergi dan tak pernah menoleh lagi. Hidupmu, hidupnya, pasti akan lebih mudah.”
Source: Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade
“Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.”
“Diabetes and Gene by Prof. Dr. Robert Hess. Diabetes is a common metabolic disease in which lost the proper regulation of blood sugar, it happens because of too much sugar in cells, lack of exercise, etc.”
“Diabetes And Lifestyle
The inactive lifestyle leads to loss of muscle mass that may cause insulin resistance because our bodies are meant to be physically active. For thousands of years we led an active lifestyle, and it is only for the past 100 years or so we have got somewhat sedentary. We addresses the root cause of the disease & corrects metabolism through the approach of Ayurveda.”
“Diabetes is a disease that separates warriors from the rest. There are no days off from it. At best it is manageable; at worst it’s the greatest weight and discouragement that can be felt. A person with diabetes is born with a special purpose. As someone who has walked this path, I see all the mothers, fathers, caregivers and those who struggle with the disease. I understand your pain and desire to give you hope. This bond connects us and serves as a support for those days I lose hope as well. You will never do it alone.”
Source: Zandra: My Daughter, Diabetes, and Lessons in Love
“Diabetes is a disease that's had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure.”
“Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.”
“Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now - a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today.”
“Diabetes is caused by melancholy.”
“Diabetes is passed that way -- over and down, like a knight in chess.”
Source: Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
“Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.”
“Diabetes Reversal Through Ayurvedic Lifestyle By Dr. Dinesh Kacha”
“Diabetes taught me discipline.”
“Diablo 2 Wizard Spells : Diadem Van >FACET< = 7 7 10 = 2, 10 or 10, 10 = 4 or 2,2 = 3 = Xor 11”
“Diablo Cody wasn't writing a script about a 16-year girl that got an abortion. She was writing a script about a 16-year old girl that got pregnant, decided to have the baby and give it to a young yuppy uptight couple for adoption. That's what the movie is about.”
“Diablo Space Element Time Set: Fire turns portals Inna vortex rift key, Wind maps whorls Inna puzzle cube ring, Water sages runes Inna stony field prism, Earth oaks trees inna town scroll Tristram.”
“Diablos, no era necesario ser Freud para comprender que había desarrollado un complejo de Edipo con esa mujer”
Source: Family Blessings
“Diabolical error decks itself out with ease in lying colors with some appearance of truth, so that the force of pronouncement is corrupted by a very brief addition or change, and the confession of faith which should have resulted in salvation, by a subtle transition leads to death!”
“Diabolical on the other hand is all but synonymous with ingenious. What Satan had for sale in the garden was knowledge.”
Source: Stella Maris
“Diabolical. You’re a scoundrel in tasteful athleisure wear.”
I grinned and stretched my arms. “Isn’t this jacket cute? I really couldn’t pass it up.”
“It’s adorable.” She sipped her tea. “You’re adorable. Cooper should eat you up. But I have two of you that are as stubborn as mules. How is even a certified busybody supposed to Hallmark-ending you two?”
Source: Chasing Headlines
“Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.”
“Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.”
“Diagnosing dissociation does not make it happen, and denying it does not make it go away.”
“Diagnosis doesn't mean you are dying tomorrow. Keep living. You won't lose your emotional memory. You'll still be capable of understanding love and joy. You might not remember what I said 5 minutes ago or even who I am but you'll remember how I made you feel. You are more than what you can remember.”
Source: Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
“Diagnosis (of autism) is such a clinical word to describe a moment in which your humanity is so deeply affirmed, understood, and valued.”
Source: Unclouded by Longing
“Diagnosis: Patriotism
(The Sonnet)
You know what distinguishes
a reformist from a terrorist!
The capacity to destroy the world,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to press the button,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to pull the trigger,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to oblige the state,
but choosing humanity instead.
The capacity to be patriotic,
yet choosing to be human instead.
War is the symptom,
patriotism is the disease.
Terrorists harbor patriotism,
Reformists harbor peace.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Diagnosis rates of MC seems to be improving recently, but misdiagnosis has been so common in the past that an old joke on microscopic colitis Internet discussion forms goes something like this: "What is the difference between MC and IBS?" The answer, of course, is, "Biopsies.”
Source: Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition
“DIAGNOSIS, n. A physician's forecast of disease by the patient's pulse and purse.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Dialect or the speech of the people is capable of expressing whatever the people are.”
“Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said.”
Source: Ponkapog papers: A sea turn, and other papers
“Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.”
“Dialectic concepts can permit the existence of UFOs and other life-forms... Even if these reports of flying saucers are fantasies, as is possible that the majority may be, many of them, their historical basis is correct… the scientific capacity of human beings is determined by their social organisation... The answers to these mysteries would lie in a study of Marxism." From Les Soucoupes Volantes (Flying Saucers)”
“Dialectic logic is there's only love and hate, you either love somebody or you hate them.”
“Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means.”
Source: Essays on Music
“Dialectic, which is the parent of logic, came itself from rhetoric. Rhetoric is in turn the child of the myths and poetry of ancient Greece. That is so historically, and that is so by any application of common sense. The poetry and myths are the response of a prehistoric people to the Universe around them made on the basis of Quality. It is Quality, not dialectic, which is the generator of everything we know.”
“Dialectical logic undoes the abstractions of formal logic and of transcendental philosophy, but it also denies the concreteness of immediate experience. To the extent to which this experience comes to rest with the things as they appear and happen to be, it is a limited and even false experience. It attains its truth if it has freed itself from the deceptive objectivity which conceals the factors behind the facts - that is, if it understands its world as a historical universe, in which the established facts are the work of the historical practice of man.”
“Dialectical Materialism teaches us that life originated on earth as a result of the process of development of matter. Nature should be considered not as a state of rest and immobility, stagnation and immutability, but as a state of continuous movement and change. All phenomena should be studied from the standpoint of their continuous renewal and development, their arising and dying away.”
Source: The Origin of Cells
“Dialectical materialism works like cocaine, let's say. If you sniff it once or twice, it may not change your life. If you use it day after day, though, it will make you into an addict, a different man.”
“Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture is related to a still photograph. The motion picture does not outlaw the still photograph but combines a series of them according to the laws of motion.”
Source: Problems of everyday life, and other writings on culture & science
“Dialectical thought understands the critical tension between "is" and "ought" first as an ontological condition, pertaining to the structure of Being itself. However, the recognition of this state of Being its theory intends from the beginning a concrete practice. Seen in the light of a truth which appears in them falsified or denied, the given facts themselves appear false and negative.”
Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
“dialectics as a symptom of decadence”
Source: Why I am So Wise
“DIALEKTIKA SURGA DARI 5 SUARA PEREMPUAN
BABAK I — AKAR (ontologis dosa)
(suara-serak, seperti daun kering dibolak-balik angin dari bawah tanah)
Lilith: (aku lahir dari engkau yang tak mau menatapku)
suatu ketika ada perintah—sebuah garis yang menulis siapa harus tunduk—
aku menolak: bukan karena niat jahat, tetapi niat terbaca.
dosa itu bukan buah; dosa adalah kata yang mereka beri padaku
ketika aku menolak menjadi bayangan dari sumber cahaya yang membuatku tenggelam.
Naamah: (kulitku berbisik seperti buli minyak di bawah lampu)
mereka menamaiku malam agar bisa menuduhku gelap;
padahal malam hanyalah tempat bagi mereka yang berani bermimpi,
dosa jadi akronim bagi ketakutan mereka sendiri.
Igrat: (aku mengumpulkan potongan-potongan keberanian yang mereka singkirkan)
dosa dimulai, ketika sebuah bangsa memutuskan siapa yang boleh hidup
dan siapa yang harus terkunci di dalam nama mereka sendiri.
Machalat: (aku tahu rumus-rumus kesalahan mereka)
akar dosa bukanlah pelanggaran moral—
ia adalah keengganan untuk mengakui luka di cermin yang mereka lihat.
Eva: (aku menyentuh, aku tahu tekstur pengetahuan yang sebenarnya)
jika pengetahuan adalah kuldi yang menempel di punggung waktu,
ia bisa menjadi peta yang menuntun atau pedang yang memotong—
akar dosa tumbuh dari cara peta itu dibaca oleh mereka yang haus kuasa.
BABAK II — KULDI (paradoks pengetahuan: sumber dari baik & buruk)
(suara seperti kain yang bergesek, lengket dan berminyak di ujung jari)
Lilith: (kuldi—kata mereka—seperti peta)
kuldi mengingat; ia merekam sentuhan, memilih garis.
sebuah tanda di punggungmu—bukan hanya luka, melainkan nama:
aku membawanya; aku mengingat; tapi aku bukan alat.
Naamah: (kuldi adalah cermin yang retak)
kuldi memberi tahu—apa yang kulihat tak selalu berbahaya.
tetapi ketika pengetahuan dipakai untuk memaksa orang, untuk menandai,
kuldi menjadi pukulan yang mematikan.
Igrat: (kuldi menuntun kepada pengetahuan gelap)
ada kuldi yang membuka selubung—mencari sumber cahaya—
ada kuldi yang mengajari cara menyusun alasan untuk mengusir dari rumah yang bukan lagi rumah.
Machalat: (kuldi menempel sebagai hukum)
kita diberi kuldi bukan untuk dihakimi,
melainkan agar tahu di mana kita berdiri; namun mereka membacanya seperti hukum yang tak bisa dibantah.
Eva: (kuldi menawarkan pilihan)
kuldi mengajarkan bahwa mengetahui adalah bertanggung jawab—
ia menajamkan mata atau menajamkan pedang, tergantung siapa yang menyentuhnya.
BABAK III — SURGA (yang menghindar, yang berlubang)
(suara seperti gema dari sumur yang kosong)
Lilith: (surga tak butuh para pecundang)
mereka berbicara tentang surga seolah ia adalah ruangan yang tersedia bagi yang patuh.
aku melihat surga—ia menyingkapkan dirinya pada mereka yang berani mengaku belum selesai.
Naamah: (surga yang terlambat datang)
surga berdiri pada jarak yang tak terselami; ia menunggu diamnya upacara
sementara tubuh kami diapresiasi hanya sebagai tanda hitung yang tak punya nilai.
Igrat: (surga memiliki kriteria yang dibuat lelaki)
ada pintu surga yang hanya mengenal nama-nama yang telah diajarkan untuk patuh.
kami mengetuk dari sisi lain—pintu itu menutup dengan keras.
Machalat: (surga berbisik, tidak memihak)
surga bukan pengadil yang berbaris rapi; ia lebih seperti malam yang menimbang,
menyimpan rahasia bahwa kesucian kadang terluka oleh orang-orang yang menuntutnya.
Eva: (surga berdiri di ambang pengetahuan yang ambigu)
surga adalah ruang di mana pengetahuan tak lagi dikendalikan oleh rasa malu—
namun ia tak memberi kunci pada mereka yang menolak tunduk.”
“DIALEKTIKA SURGA DARI 5 SUARA PEREMPUAN
BABAK IV — MALAIKAT JATUH (penghakiman diam, kehendak patah)
(suara seperti debu yang menempel di lidah)
Lilith: (ada malaikat yang jatuh karena ia merasa bersalah atas ketiadaan)
malaikat jatuh bukan hanya karena kesalahan moral—
mereka jatuh ketika harus memakai kemurnian sebagai topeng.
Naamah: (malaikat juga takut pada tubuh)
mereka belajar takut pada tubuh sebagai cara menutup rasa takut mereka sendiri.
ketika malaikat belajar mengutuk, ia berubah
menjadi batu.
Igrat: (mereka jatuh saat ilmu disalahgunakan)
malaikat yang jatuh menjadi penabuh aturan; ia lupa perintahnya adalah menyusup, bukan memaku.
Machalat: (jatuh adalah akibat peraturan yang tak lagi adil)
malaikat tidak selalu bisa memilih; kadang ia diberi tugas yang membuatnya buta.
Di buang ke sungai dengan tangan dan kaki terikat, tapi tak boleh tenggelam.
Eva: (malaikat yang jatuh mengajarkan kita dua hal)
ia menunjukkan bahwa kebenaran bisa tertutup oleh kebenaran lain dan kebenaran sesudah itu—tidak ada kebenaran final dan satu-satunya
kejatuhan adalah pelajaran tentang interpretasi.
BABAK V — DI MANA TUHAN? (hening — titik tak terlihat, tak terjamah)
(suara yang paling halus, hampir seperti nafas yang ditarik—di ujung fragmen: tidak ada jawaban yang memuaskan)
Lilith: (tuhan ada di dalam pertanyaan yang ditolak)
tuhan tidak bersembunyi di balik kitab yang diangkat untuk menuduh;
tuhan bersembunyi di titik hening antara kata dan tindakan.
ketika mereka berteriak agar aku tunduk, aku merasakan kehadiran-Nya—justru dalam diam.
Naamah: (tuhan mungkin menunggu, mungkin tak mau ikut serta)
ada kemungkinan Tuhan ragu pada cara manusia mengartikan dosa dan kesucian.
dia menahan suara-Nya sehingga kita harus menemukannya sendiri.
Igrat: (tuhan sebagai ruang di dalam tubuh kita)
mungkin Tuhan adalah saksi yang paling sunyi—hadir di dalam setiap kuldi, dalam tiap pertanyaan dan keraguan
kehadiran-Nya bukan penghakiman melainkan kesaksian atas keberadaan kita sendiri.
Machalat: (tuhan adalah gema, bukan perintah)
jika Tuhan berada di mana pun, Dia berada di tempat
di mana pengetahuan dipakai untuk menyembuhkan bukan menandai.
di sana, kuldi jadi berkah, bukan hukuman.
Eva: (aku mengangkat mata—dan menemukan kosong yang berisi)
Tuhan mungkin sedang menyelamatkan kita dari definisi final,
memberi ruang agar kita menulis ulang makna dosa dengan tangan sendiri.
atau Ia absen, dan itu memberikan tanggung jawab—kita harus menjadi penjaga atas kebenaran itu sendiri.
Akhir fragmen: suara-suara itu menghilang seperti benang hilang dari kain tua; tinggal retakan yang menganga—pertanyaan yang harus kita dengar dan ulang terus menerus.
Desember 2025”
“Dialing down is not an option for me.”
“Dialogic is not to be identified with love. But love without dialogic, without real outgoing to the other, reaching to the other, the love remaining with itself - this is called Lucifer.”
Source: Between Man and Man
“Dialogo tra Levi Matteo e Satana (il mago Woland).
"Se vieni da me, perché non mi hai salutato, ex pubblicano?", replico Woland severo.
"Perché non voglio che tu stia in salute", rispose brusco il nuovo venuto.
"Ma dovrai rassegnarti a questo", replicò Woland e un sorriso increspò la sua bocca, "sei appena apparso sul tetto e già hai fatto una sciocchezza e ti dirò quale: è il tuo tono. Hai pronunciato le parole come se non riconoscessi le tenebre e il male. Sii tanto cortese da riflettere su questa domanda: che cosa sarebbe il tuo bene se non ci fosse il male, e come apparirebbe la terra se non ci fossero le ombre? Le ombre nascono dagli oggetti e dalle persone. Ecco l'ombra della mia spada. Ma ci sono le ombre degli alberi e degli esseri viventi. Non vorrai per caso sbucciare tutto il globo terrestre buttando via tutti gli alberi e tutto ciò che è vivo per godere della tua fantasia della nuda luce? Sei uno sciocco."
(Il maestro e Margherita)”