Quotes by Indonesian Authors

No emphaty when you had blinders on.
Toba Beta
There are no walls at the edge of this universe...absence of gravity is the limit of space existence.
Toba Beta
Some people say, ‘Do not judge the book by its cover!’ Well, I say not to judge at all. People can say anything they want to say, but for me, cover does matter.
Toba Beta
I don't buy idea of second chance.With hope we make a lot of chances.
Toba Beta
There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all.
Toba Beta
Current science and technology have unlocked all mysteries.We make sense of it in a gradual process under law and order.
Toba Beta
Not by discovering new wow things you are able to understand the truth about nature, but by changing the very fundamental way of perceiving anything you've ever seen in daily life.
Toba Beta
You have to let go of those feelings, Ra. Anger, fear, regret. It’s the only way you can forgive yourself and love again.
Winna Efendi
valor is sexy.
Toba Beta
I know that men are so eager to be one among the stars.I feel that damaged earth will never let men go off hand.
Toba Beta
There's a moment in fighting when strength of muscle ain't everything because enemy has already given you enough energy to gain the victory.
Toba Beta
The only order in the universe is just a cycle of calm and chaos.
Toba Beta
Magic is an ancient practice that has power over superstitious mind.
Toba Beta
Sounds naive respecting someone who doesn't give a shit about you.
Toba Beta
There's no heaven as I had known before. It's just a great universe which is available to be enjoyed by souls who dream about it.
Toba Beta
The old resists the new one.'Change hurts' is the reason.
Toba Beta
And I still don’t know what I would do next. I still don’t know how to become an adult. But I know for sure that my parents would be proud of me, proud of their three daughters, no matter what path we choose. And it doesn’t matter if we get lost or choose the wrong path, because what matters is choosing to get back up once again.
Marcella Purnama
Many lies lie between one truth.
Toba Beta
Truth often sacrificed for the sake of stability and peace.
Toba Beta
I've often heard people say, “Your country is beautiful, a virtual paradise.” When will the people of Indonesia be as beautiful as their land, with a civilization and culture that contributes to the greater beauty of humankind and no longer smothers and strangles the mind?
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Either they're still naive, or stupid.
Toba Beta
There were three things sought by invaders who crossed oceans to discover America. Those were gold, gospel, glory. There are four things sought by aliens who crossed heavens to discover planet earth. Those are gold, gospel, glory, gene.
Toba Beta
Surely you ain't weak.You just can't accept yourself as a strong person.
Toba Beta
See beyond the eyes can see, believe beyond the inspiration!
Felix Y. Siauw
If you believe in something because of miracles, then another kind of miracles can make you deny it.
Toba Beta
Time travel occurs in humans collective subconscious.
Toba Beta
Chirp of coward shouted in crowd,dare to speak but not to be known.
Toba Beta
The curse of men can't make me defiled.I defile myself if I curse men by intention.
Toba Beta
Universal emptiness is mere concept.The fact is, there was never emptiness.
Toba Beta
Faith reveals the potential.
Toba Beta
War is a proof that idea has boundary.
Toba Beta
Powerful words harmonize heart and mind as if a symphony.
Toba Beta
I'm beginning to think that to hope isn't the same as to expect something. To hope is to believe that life is an acceptable chaos.
Goenawan Mohamad
When you are dealing with an invisible enemy,use most resources as shield, and a bit as a bait.
Toba Beta
Writing is the only way to change the world without leaving bed.
Lenang Manggala
My words, my writing, my actions—these have never been for myself alone, either directly or indirectly. There is no such thing as an artist who creates art only for himself. That is masturbation.
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The day will comeWhen my body no longer existsBut in the lines of this poemI will never let you be aloneThe day will comeWhen my voice is no longer heardBut within the words of this poemI will continue to watch over youThe day will comeWhen my dreams are no longer knownBut in the spaces found in the letters of this poemI will never tired of looking for you
Sapardi Djoko Damono
There's a weird logic that explains a common truth.
Toba Beta
Prehistory of mankind is way too horrible to be remembered.But if we choose to ignore it, then we'll be doomed to repeat it.
Toba Beta
Angels had fallen, men have sinned.It does not mean that God has failed.
Toba Beta
When you feel life at crossroads,you need higher perspective view.
Toba Beta
The real dance is a spontaneous body movement that in harmony with the beats of the music in your heart.
Toba Beta
The same thought resonates.
Toba Beta
Your hypocrisy insults my intelligence.
Toba Beta
Smartass Disciple: Master, how do I know that I am not dreaming right now ?Master of Stupidity: You don’t. Only those who see you're dreaming can tell it.
Toba Beta
You do not change anything, only need to make difference.
Toba Beta
Early sign of getting lost is fear.
Toba Beta
The purity of intention repels fear.
Toba Beta
If you want to find wilier race by common sense, then you have just narrowed your searching area.
Toba Beta
Kehidupan lebih nyata daripada pendapat siapapun tentang kenyataan.
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Greed is a little bit more than enough.
Toba Beta
There's wall of agony between dreams and reality.
Toba Beta
The living sinners on deadly ground.
Toba Beta
With grumble, nobody changes anything, even himself.
Toba Beta
If-Then" is a structured logic of humans' thought,who have memories and imagination in their mind. If both don't exist, Then this quote has never even been written.
Toba Beta
As hard as my life has been I have no desire for revenge. If I wish for anything it is for all the things that have been stolen from my life to be returned to me.
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Privacy seems not an illusion for those who want to believe in secrecy principle.
Toba Beta
No holidays, no country.
Toba Beta
I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself.
Toba Beta
Like it or not, there are people who are capable to love genuinely and kill brutally. The amazing thing about that, few of those could even sleep well like babies in the night.
Toba Beta