“When I was a child, I saw in the news that a person from Belitung had done well in sports in Jakarta, and I just couldn't imagine that it was possible for someone from here to become famous, and it's still very isolated out here.” WellsChildrenPersonsStillsDoneSportsSawsImagineNewsIsolatedImagine ThatJakarta Author:Andrea Hirata
“In old grimy streets, in isolated and decaying houses, sometimes far from the Vieux Carre, in little used and secluded cemeteries, there still sluggishly circulates the ebbing blood of the past, of a vigorous and vividly hued past.” LittlesStillsSometimesPastUsedHouseBloodStreetsIsolatedVigorousCemeterySecluded Author:Clarence John Laughlin