POP & Ice Cube

“One of the first lessons I learned in working life was that you don't need to like every one of your colleagues, and they don't need to like you either. You just have to respect them, and getting their respect in return.”
― Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known

“Our Peter Pan generation is unhappy. All our lives, we want to grow up—
to be treated like adults, to have freedom to choose. Then we get here and
it turns out being an adult sucks. We pay the bills and taxes, watching others succeed while we are forever waiting for our turn.

We believe we are special, but nothing special has come our way.”
― Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known

“The grass is greener on the other side, but often this is just an illusion. Most probably, everyone is as unhappy as you.”
― Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known

“I hated reunions. It made myself felt so little afterwards. When I was there, I couldn’t help not knowing. But after I knew things, I couldn’t stop comparing. I was congratulating people when they told me the good news, but deep inside I was wondering whether their good news was better than mine. Life wasn’t supposed to be a competition, but it really felt like one.”
― Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known