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“Bagaimana seorang Kristen kok bisa bekerjasama dengan orang komunis?”

“Bagi saya, manusia tidak dibedakan antara mereka yang beriman dan mereka yang ateis, tetapi dibagi anyara mereka yang tertindas dan mereka yang menindas, antara mereka yang ingin mempertahankan tatanan masyarakat yang tidak adil ini dan mereka yang berjuang demi tegaknya keadilan.”

Frei Betto

“Bagaimana seorang Kristen kok bisa bekerjasama dengan orang komunis?”

“Bagi saya, manusia tidak dibedakan antara mereka yang beriman dan mereka yang ateis, tetapi dibagi anyara mereka yang tertindas dan mereka yang menindas, antara mereka yang ingin mempertahankan tatanan masyarakat yang tidak adil ini dan mereka yang berjuang demi tegaknya keadilan.”

Frei Betto

Hai, jangan sedih, ya. Yuk, kita tidur dan mimpi soal bintang. Bir Bintang, maksudnya.

“Aduh, bir. Aku butuh bir.”

Masyarakat yang percaya diri tercermin dalam agama yang percaya diri, tenang, dan terbuka. Masyarakat yang resah tercermin dalam agama yang hipersensitif, sok suci, dan menutup diri.

Constance-Merricat > Elsa-Anna

Shirley Jackson sets the bar high on sister power

Reverend Baldur is an asshole seriously how can one declare oneself as a servant of god with such a wicked heart

Intense opening but I don’t get what is it all about

“You’ll forget it when you’re dead, and so will I. When I’m dead, I’m going to forget everything—and I advise you to do the same”

Much better than Slaughterhouse

“I was one of those savage marauders who, not knowing how to express their love, mistakenly kill the persons they love”

Kochan's description of Omi is the ultimate eroticism. I don't know how Mishima did it. How?

Kochan's description of Omi is the ultimate eroticism. I don't know how Mishima did it. How?

"It's like with religion: the worse a man's life is, or the more downtrodden and poor a whole people is, the more stubbornly they dream of a reward in paradise,..."

Tan Malaka once said quite similar idea...

Liza's jealousness turns me off urgh but she's one cunning girl.

So many foot notes I'm confused

John the Savage and Lenina Crowley's relationship is unbelievably dumb. Lenina craves John's looks and so does the Savage. He thinks of her as the Juliet of his Romeo without bothering to know her better. Irritating.

Bernard Marx is the most repulsive character here

I wonder why Bernard Marx could feel inferior towards Gammas and Deltas while he is an Alpha-Plus but apparently physical defect may result in mental excess such as contempt.

“To these privileged Jews there was nothing suspicious about the programs designed by Rabbi Bengelsdorf's agency to assist poorer, less cultivated Jews in learning to live in closer harmony with the nation's Christians. What was unfortunate, in their opinion, was that Jews like us continued to huddle together in cities like Newark out of a xenophobia fostered by historical pressures that no longer existed.”

“Society won't stand for it.
It's not society, You're the one who won't stand for it—right?
If you do such a thing society will make you suffer for it.
It's not society. It's you, isn't it?
Before you know it, you'll be ostracized by society.
It's not society. You're going to do the ostracizing, aren't you?”

HE DIED I'M CRYING IT'S PAINFUL

I thought Zooey is my favourite Glass but Buddy and Seymour are just adorable. Sick minded yet spiritual.

This is the most tiring novel I've ever read in my whole life.