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It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.” (Sherlock Holmes)
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study In Scarlet
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Mengapa sebagian orang ada yang dapat langsung mengikat jiwa pada pertemuan pertama mereka? Ikatan jiwa yang abadi, yang tidak akan terlupa meski lama setelah pertemuan mereka. Sedangkan dua orang lainnya, yang mungkin berulang-ulang diperkenalkan dan kerap bertemu, mengapa mereka saling menghindar satu sama lain?
— Don Juan of Karaj (Sadeq Hedayat)
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As a passionate believer in the democracy of reading, I don’t think it’s the task of the author of a book to tell the reader what it means.
The meaning of a story emerges in the meeting between the words on the page and the thoughts in the reader’s mind. So when people ask me what I meant by this story, or what was the message I was trying to convey in that one, I have to explain that I’m not going to explain.
Anyway, I’m not in the message business; I’m in the “Once upon a time” business.
— Philip Pullman (http://www.philip-pullman.com/)
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Menemukan tulisan ini, kira-kira kubuat waktu awal-awal kuliah 2005 atau 2006. One word: WOW.
Aku bahkan sudah lupa pernah punya cita-cita seperti itu.
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This is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words and metaphors for what we already know.
— Alberto Manguel, A Reader on Reading (via bookoasis)
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Never fear shadows. They simply mean that there’s a light somewhere nearby.
— Ruth E. Renkei (via ineedtobelieve)
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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower (via myquotelibrary)
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
— Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
(Source: justbesplendid)
