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“Aku memandangimu tanpa perlu menatap. Aku mendengarmu tanpa perlu alat. Aku menemuimu tanpa perlu hadir. Aku mencintaimu tanpa perlu apa-apa, karena kini kumiliki segalanya.”
― Rectoverso
― Rectoverso
“Manusia tidak hidup sendirian di dunia ini, tapi di jalan setapaknya masing-masing. Tiap manusia berjalan sendirian; berjalan, berlari, dan sesekali berhenti. Semua jalan setapak itu berbeda-beda namun menuju ke arah yang sama, mencari suatu hal yang sama dengan satu tujuan yang sama. Hingga semakin dekat ke tujuan, manusia semakin menyadari bahwa disepanjang jalan setapak yang sudah dilewati, ia tak kan pernah benar-benar sendiri. Manusia selalu bersama apa yang ia cari, bersama tujuannya; yaitu Tuhan.”
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“If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“The word 'Indonesia' was first manufactured in 1850 in the form 'Indu-nesians' by the English traveler and social observer George Samuel Windsor Earl. He was searching for an ethnographic term to describe 'that branch of the Polynesian race inhabiting the Indian Archipelago', or 'the brown races of the Indian Archipelago'.”
― The Idea of Indonesia: A History
― The Idea of Indonesia: A History
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