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“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
― Amy Bloom

“Tidak ada yang tahu bagaimana kenangan bekerja. Keluar masuk ingatan seenaknya sendiri.”
― Desi Puspitasari, The Strawberry Surprise

“Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“I shall destroy capitalism! Do you hear! I shall destroy every single capitalist! And I shall start with you, you dog, if you don't help us with the bomb!'
Allan noted that the had managed to be both a rat and a dog in the course of a minute or so. And that Stalin was being rather inconsistent, because now he wanted to use Allan's services after all.
But Allan wasn't going to sit there and listen to this abuse any longer. He had come to Moscow to help them out, not to be shouted at. Stalin would have to manage on his own.
'I've been thinking,' said Allan.
'What,' said Stalin angrily.
'Why don't you shave off that moustache?'
With that the dinner was over, because the interpreter fainted.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“Never try to out-drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“There are only two things I can do better than most people. One of them is to make vodka from goats’ milk, and the other is to put together an atom bomb.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“Benny gave her an admiring look. He had never heard a woman swear so much in such a short time. He thought it sounded delightful.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“Hi Allan, it's Harry'
'Which Harry?'
'Truman, Allan. Harry S. Truman, the president, damn it!'
'How nice! That was a good meal we had Mr President, thank you. I hope you weren't required to fly the plane home?”
― Jonas Jonasson, The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

“Revenge is like politics, one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“But God answered with silence. He did that sometimes, and Father Ferguson always interpreted it to mean that he should think for himself. Admittedly, it didn't always work out well when the pastor thought for himself, but you couldn't just give up.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“The Korean Peninsula was kind of left over when the Second World War ended. Stalin and Truman each occupied a bit in brotherly agreement, and decided that the 38th parallel would separate north from south. This was then followed by negotiations lasting forever about how Korea should be able to govern itself, but since Stalin and Truman didn’t really have the same political views (not at all, in fact) it all ended up like in Germany. First, the United States established a South Korea, upon which the Soviet Union retaliated with a North Korea. And then the Americans and the Russians left the Koreans to get on with it. But it hadn’t worked out so well. Kim Il Sung in the north and Syngman Rhee in the south, each thought that he was best suited to govern the entire peninsula. And then they had started a war. But after three years, and perhaps four million dead, absolutely nothing had changed. The north was still the north, and the south was still the south. And the 38th parallel still kept them apart.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

“You should beware of priests, my son. And people who don’t drink vodka. Worst of all are priests who don’t drink vodka.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“Dr. Eklund was utterly dumbfounded. Did the prime minister think that a waiter who had dropped out of school before he was ten years old could be put to use to build atom bombs for Sweden?”
― Jonas Jonasson, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

“It's kind of hard to ask a dead guy what he did wrong.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“Maybe you should just press the button”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“sometimes you don't look very hard for things you don't believe will or can happen.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“Foto pelarian ini akan tampak bagus dalam hitam-putih.” Timur menurunkan kamera yang menutupi sebagian wajah.”
― Desi Puspitasari, The Strawberry Surprise

“Aggi berjalan pulang sendiri menuju tempat parkir. Saat melaju, kendaraannya
terasa lebih ringan. Satu helmnya menggantung kesepian di setang motor.”
― Desi Puspitasari, The Strawberry Surprise

“Melakukan kebodohan seperti ini hingga tidak bertemu. Ini cara baru memelihara rindu.”
― Desi Puspitasari, The Strawberry Surprise

“Bermimpilah, karena Tuhan akan memeluk mimpi-mimpi itu.”
― Andrea Hirata, Sang Pemimpi

“Jika kita berupaya sekuat tenaga menemukan sesuatu, dan pada titik akhir upaya itu hasilnya masih nihil, maka sebenarnya kita telah menemukan yang kita cari dalam diri kita sendiri, yakni kenyataan, kenyataan yang harus dihadapi sepahit apapun keadaanya.”
― Andrea Hirata

“Berhenti bercita-cita adalah tragedi terbesar dalam hidup manusia”
― Andrea Hirata, Sang Pemimpi

“Tuhan tahu tapi menunggu”
― Andrea Hirata, Edensor

“tanpa mimpi, orang seperti kita akan mati... - Arai”
― Andrea Hirata

“...ilmu demikian luas untuk disombongkan...”
― Andrea Hirata

“Hiduplah Untuk Memberi yang Sebanyak-banyaknya, Bukan untuk Menerima yang Sebanyak-banyaknya. (Pak Harfan)”
― Andrea Hirata, Laskar Pelangi

“Beri aku sesuatu yang paling sulit, aku akan belajar!”
― Andrea Hirata, Cinta di Dalam Gelas

“Orang cerdas berdiri dalam gelap, sehingga mereka bisa melihat sesuatu yang tak bisa dilihat orang lain. Mereka yang tidak dipahami oleh lingkungannya, terperangkap dalam kegelapan itu. Orang yang tidak cerdas hidup di dalam terang. Sebuah senter menyiramkan sinar tepat di atas kepala mereka dan pemikiran mereka hanya sampai batas batas lingkaran cahaya senter itu.”
― Andrea Hirata

“Pesimistik tidak lebih daripada sikap takbur mendahului nasib.”
― Andrea Hirata, Sang Pemimpi