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“Do you know what the worst thing about being a parent is? That you're always judged by your worst moments. You can do a million things right, but if you do one single thing wrong you're forever that parent who was checking his phone in the park when your child was hit in the head by a swing. We don't take our eyes off them for days at a time, but then you read just one text message and it's as if all your best moments never happened. No one goes to see a psychologist to talk about all the times they weren't hit in the head by a swing as a child. Parents are defined by their mistakes.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Aku melanjutkan sekolah, masuk kuliah, dan diburu-buru selesai; lalu setelahnya, diburu-buru kerja. Setelah masuk kerja, merasa tersesat karena ini bukan pekerjaan yang kuinginkan. Tapi, kalau aku mau berhenti sebentar untuk memikirkan apa yang kuinginkan, orang-orang akan berlari melewatiku dan bersikap meremehkan. Ngga menyadari bahwa mereka hanya anggota dari kelompok orang-orang yang ngga berpikir.”
― Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie, Jakarta Sebelum Pagi

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life. I want it to be exciting all the time, and I get it, actually. On the other hand, I can find excitement, I admit, in raindrops falling on a puddle and a lot of people wouldn’t. I intend to have it exciting until the day I fall over.”
― David Hockney, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney