Mislina Mustaffa > Quotes

“You see, one of the reason why I embark on this journey is to question myself on the many myth of security that has been imprinted on us from the day we are born.
... It was also driven from my readings on the early theory of feminism (Simone de Beauvoir's) that say that 80% of a woman's life everyday (in a house) is spent cleaning the dirt that keeps on coming back. Therefore I wanted to explore the other side of it, that is, if I don't have a house, what would the 80% of my day be filled with?”
― Mislina Mustaffa, Homeless by Choice

“An alive society is a society that is active with arguments of different opinions at different level; noisy; edgy; aggressive; non-linear and colored with wide range of expressions; a society that permits the progression of thoughts by allowing questions, not only for them to arise but also to be discussed; a society that sees questions as a sign of prosperous health, not a virus that should be treated or a threat that should be corrected or an enemy to be eliminated; a society that is not scared of the word 'subversive' for subversiveness was and still the only catalyst that leads to experiments in discovering new findings of any sort; be it scientific, philosophical, artistic, economic, political and so on; a society that celebrates the capability if its inhabitants being alive; a society that is not only curios but also anxious enough to embark on the journey out of their boxes; a society that sees a resistance as an important message that there is something wrong with its system that needs to be tended to immediately, cleverly; a society that believes that cleverness is a skill that can only be achieved by practicing a lot of 'trial and error'.”
― Mislina Mustaffa, Homeless by Choice

“Perhaps the fear does not lie so much in the act of defying but in the sacrifices that one has to endure; for there are so much to be left behind, voluntarily. This quest is about choosing. Choosing the null and the void. And when one chooses to defy one's root; one not only chooses to be exiled from one's history but one also chooses to be 'emptied' and remain 'empty'.”
― Mislina Mustaffa, Homeless by Choice

“For the authority; When are you going to realize that in winning these cheap game, cheering could also be a jeering in disguise? For the ignorance people of this country; When are you going to realize that all those slogans and campaigns and banning and arresting in the name of harmony and calmness and security are just a camouflage to trap and jail you into a dead society? But then again, in all dead society, stupidity rules.”
― Mislina Mustaffa, Homeless by Choice