Pramoedya Ananta Toer Quotes

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

And it doesn't seem to matter, and it doesn't seem right,
'Cause the will has brought no fortune, still I cry alone at night,
Don't you judge of my composure, 'cause I'm bothered every day,
And she didn't leave a letter, she just up and ran away.

Don't you know that a good and excellent person does nothing for the sake of appearances, but only for the sake of having acted right?

A fixed mindset, creates a tendency to avoid challenges, to ignore useful negative feedback and leads such people to plateau early and not achieve their full potential.

Who sits alone by the bright window?
My shadow and I, only we two.
But the lamp burns out, there is darkness.
Even my shadow forsakes me.
Alas, alas!
I am forlorn!

[C]ollaboration between... divergent systems is possible... only as long as both are stable. ...International security is ...based upon the internal political and social security of each of the Great Powers.

I hope you will find another one who is both beautiful and good to take my place and serve our parents and bring up my children, and then I shall die content.

If you think you see both
Destruction and becoming,
Then you see destruction and becoming
Through impaired vision.

A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just desserts.

I'm never afraid. But in my case it's nothing to be proud of.

I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.

Unfortunately for both of us, this is skin.

Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"--and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition--then the United States is the first truly Socialist country.

Tom Kenny — The Penguin, League of Assassins Ninja

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