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R.F. Kuang
“Free trade. This was always the British line of argument – free trade, free competition, an equal playing field for all. Only it never ended up that way, did it? What ‘free trade’ really meant was British imperial dominance, for what was free about a trade that relied on a massive build-up of naval power to secure maritime access? When mere trading companies could wage war, assess taxes, and administer civil and criminal justice?”
R.F. Kuang, Babel

R.F. Kuang
“Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped, suffocated, out of options. Anger simmered, then exploded. Anger was constriction, and the consequent rage a desperate attempt to breathe.”
R.F. Kuang, Babel

Leila S. Chudori
“Pengkhianat ada di mana-mana, bahkan di depan hidung kita, Laut. Kita tak pernah tahu dorongan setiap orang untuk berkhianat: bisa saja duit, kekuasaan, dendam, atau sekadar rasa takut dan tekanan penguasa. Kita harus belajar kecewa bahwa orang yang kita percaya ternyata memegang pisau dan menusuk punggung kita. Kita tak bisa berharap semua orang akan selalu loyal pada perjuangan dan persahabatan.”
Leila S. Chudori, Laut Bercerita

Pramoedya Ananta Toer
“Tidak, Nak, ini perbuatan manusia. Direncanakan oleh otak manusia, oleh hati manusia yang degil. Pada manusia kita harus hadapkan kata-kata kita. Tuhan tidak pernah berpihak pada yang kalah.

Bukan pada siapa pun. Hanya pada manusia.”
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Child of All Nations

“These trade networks were carved in stone. Nothing was pushing this arrangement off its course; there were too many private interests, too much money at stake. They could see where it was going, but the people who had the power to do anything about it had been placed in positions where they would profit, and the people who suffered most had no power at all.”
R. F. Kuang

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