
“I have nothing to lose means you'll probably lose your whole world. Your mental health, self confidence and sanity”
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“I thought I was lucky because, unlike most of my friends, I never had to be home at a particular time. I didn’t want to get home until late because I knew if I got home earlier there would often be a fight in progress or some other event that made me wish I were somewhere else, someone else. Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you’re important. And sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.”
― Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets ofthe Heart
― Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets ofthe Heart

“Learn everything. Fill your mind with knowledge—it’s the only kind of power no one can take away from you.” Hansu never told him to study, but rather to learn, and it occurred to Noa that there was a marked difference. Learning was like playing, not labor.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko

“Malu kepada diri sendiri lebih hebat daripada malu kepada orang lain. Malu kepada orang lain boleh juga melarikan diri, tetapi malu kepada diri sendiri, ke kuburlah habis riwayat.”
― Srengenge
― Srengenge

“There was times when the pressure to achieve happiness felt almost oppressive, as if happiness was something that everyone should and could attain, and that any sort of compromise in it's pursuit was somehow your fault.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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