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“Writing things was important, wasn't it? Nakata asked.
'Yes, it was. The process of writing was important. Even though the finished product is completely meaningless.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“fleas are like a bad habit—awfully hard to get rid of once you get them”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Bagi orang-orang yang beriman, dimana pun ia bisa rukuk dan sujud kepada Allah, maka ia menemukan bumi cinta. Dan sesungguhnya dunia ini adalah bumi cinta bagi para pecinta Allah Ta'alla. Bumi cinta yang akan mengantarkan kepada bumi cinta yang lebih abadi dan lebih mulia yaitu surganya Allah”
― Habiburrahman El Shirazy, Bumi Cinta

“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but 'steal' some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1951-1959