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You don't deserve to understand truth if all that you want is just the normal life. ↗

— Toba Beta

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Manusia hidup menunggu untuk mati. Kehidupan justru terasakan dalam menunggu. Makin bisa menikmati cara menunggu, makin tenang dalam hati. ↗

— Arswendo Atmowiloto

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Self-will and prayer are both ways of getting things done. At the center of self-will is me, carving a world in my image, but at the center of prayer is God, carving me in his Son's image. ↗

— Paul E. Miller

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There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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But the fact is, she [the muse] won't be summoned. She alights when it damn well pleases her. She falls in love with one artist, then deserts him for another. She's a real bitch! ↗

— Erica Jong

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It's not being a woman I mind so much," she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life." She leaned earnestly toward him. "Your hand, Papa, has wielded a sword and cradled a child and held power over hundreds of men." She held up her own hand. "This one has far fewer adventures before it. ↗

— Barbara Samuel

#hands #women #women-s-rights #women-s-strength #life

You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

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In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

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...because love is continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love. ↗

— Milan Kundera

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This wasn't the way he had expected his life to be. It worked, but that was about all. Happiness had got lost somewhere along the way. ↗

— John Ajvide Lindqvist

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