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KHALED HOSSEINI Abollah?"
"Ya."
"Kalau aku sudah besar nanti, akankah aku tinggal bersamamu?"<...
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TERE LIYE Tapi apa memang persahabatan bisa kendur karena jarak? Aku yakin inti persahabatan tentu tidak rusak...
AHMAD FUADI Tapi sekarang aku berpikir sampai di mana seseorang masih tetap wajar, walau ia sendiri tidak mendap...
SOE HOK GIE hati kamu mungkin memilihku, seperti juga hatiku selalu memilihmu. Tapi hati bisa bertumbuh dan bert...
DEE LESTARI Kutipan dari novel yang paling berkesan: “Aku baik-baik saja, ceroboh. Aku senang mendengarnya. Am...
TERE LIYE Perempuan, Kau pasti tahu sakitnya cinta yg tak terkatakan.Cinta yg hanya mampu didekap dlm bungkam,...
ASMA NADIA Apakah ada yang tahu bagaimana rasanya mencintai seseorang yang tidak boleh dicintai? Aku tahu. Hidu...
ILANA TAN Kau mengabdi pada tanah ini, tanah yang memberimu nasi dan air. Tapi para raja dan para pengeran dan...
PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER Ia segalanya yang kau inginkan, sekaligus segalanya yang tidak bisa kau miliki...
STEPHENIE MEYER Mungkin kau harus berhenti memedulikan apa kata orang tentang dirimu.
FRANCISCA TODI Meski berjuang keras untuk tidak memikirkan dia, aku tidak berjuang untuk melupakan.
STEPHENIE MEYER Aku tidak pernah keberatan menunggu siapa pun berapa lama pun selama aku mencintainya.
SENO GUMIRA AJIDARMA Octavian menjerit-jerit dengan suara melengking—mungkin memerintakan Kohort I agar bertahan dengan...
RICK RIORDAN Bersama kamu, aku tidak takut lagi menjadi pemimpi.
DEE LESTARI ...Aku ingin kau tahu, diam-diam, aku selalu menitipkan harapan yang sama ke dalam beribu-ribu rinti...
YOANA DIANIKA Aku belum tahu apakah Islam itu sebenarnya. Aku baru tahu Islam menurut HAMKA, Islam menurut Natsir,...
AHMAD WAHIB Jika kau sudah hidup selama aku, kau akan mengerti bahwa kekejaman dan kemuliaan hanyalah nuansa yan...
KHALED HOSSEINI Aku mencintainya tanpa diketahui.
Aku mencintainya dalam diam.
Aku mencintainya dalam satu...
JEE Tahu kau mengapa aku sayangi kau lebih dari siapa pun? Karena kau menulis. Suaramu takkan padam dite...
PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER Pegang tanganku, tapi jangan terlalu erat, karena aku ingin seiring dan bukan digiring.(Spasi)
DEE LESTARI Cinta yang tidak dipersatukan Allah di Dunia mungkin disimpankan-Nya untuk dipersatukan di akhirat n...
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NAY SHARAYA Ketika kau memiliki firasat buruk tentang kehilangan orang yang paling berharga, kau akan mencoba un...
K.A.Z. VIOLIN Kau tak perlu menerima kehadiran mereka, tapi biarkan mereka hadir karena kita tak bisa menghakimi a...
MOEMOE RIZAL Kalian boleh maju dalam pelajaran, mungkin mencapai deretan gelar kesarjanaan apa saja, tapi tanpa m...
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KHALED HOSSEINI Aku ingin sekali mengatakan padamu bahwa segalanya akan berakhir dengan baik untuk kita, dan bahwa a...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Sewaktu kanak-kanak aku percaya pada cinta, sama seperti aku percaya pada peri. Namun pada suatu har...
SUSANNA TAMARO Termasuk kumpulan yang salah tak bererti kau tak boleh keluar dari kumpulan itu. Keluarlah agar mere...
TAJUL ZULKARNAIN Sejatinya, rasa suka tidak perlu diumbar, ditulis, apalagi kau pamer-pamerkan. Semakin sering kau me...
TERE LIYE Sering aku disiksa oleh pertanyaan: mengapa A Ling bisa begitu? Apa salahku sehingga ia begitu? Apa ...
ANDREA HIRATA Kakek, apakah cinta itu memberi, seperti yang selalu Kakek lakukan saat memberi makan ayam - ayam?"<...
TERE LIYE Aku melumpuhkan inderaku saat aku bersamamu;
Telinga yang mendengar betapa buruknya dirimu dari...
AHIMSA MURFI Wahai Tuhanku Yang Maha Lembut,
Aku tahu Engkau tak perlu kuingatkan,
tapi untuk ked...
MARIO TEGUH Wahai, wanita-wanita yang hingga usia tiga puluh, empat puluh, atau lebih dari itu, tapi belum juga ...
TERE LIYE Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat...
PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER Enam puluh tahun kami menikah. Dua belas anak. Tentu saja ada banyak pertengkaran. Kadang merajuk di...
TERE LIYE Tidak ada perasaan yang bertahan selamanya. Aku belajar itu dari Papa. Cepat atau lambat, sesuatu ya...
WINDRY RAMADHINA Di mana pun dia berada. Dan kuharap dia tahu bahwa selama aku masih bernafas, aku akan selalu mencin...
ILANA TAN Margo menyukai misteri sejak dulu. Dan dalam semua hal yang terjadi setelahnya, aku tidak pernah bis...
JOHN GREEN Begitulah kehidupan, Ada yang kita tahu, ada pula yang tidak kita tahu. Yakinlah, dengan ketidak-tah...
TERE LIYE Aku bukan Wahib. Aku adalah me-wahib. Aku mencari, dan terus menerus mencari, menuju dan menjadi Wah...
AHMAD WAHIB Jangan berharap dunia yang berubah, tapi diri kita lah yang harus berubah. Ingat anak-anakku, Allah ...
AHMAD FUADI Kadang aku merasa sudah dekat dengan kegilaan.
Kamu tahu apa yang paling menyakitkan saat peras...
TASARO G.K. Siapa pun kau dulu, siapa pun kau sekarang... kau adalah milikku (Kira)
JEANIENE FROST Akan ada satu saat kamu bertanya: pergi ke mana inspirasiku? Tiba-tiba kamu merasa ditinggal pergi. ...
DEE LESTARI No matter how often you're being a pain in my ass mengingat begitu banyaknya kejadian saat lo menjad...
NINA ARDIANTI Aku akan membawanya pulang, pikir Baba Ayub ketika itu juga. Inilah yang paling diinginkannya, bersa...
KHALED HOSSEINI Pengalaman-pengalaman yang lembut dan santai mungkin tidak tercatat dalam garis-garis kehidupan seca...
AHMAD TOHARI Dikota paling rindu itu,Ningtyas
malam senantiasa menjatuhkan pejammu di mataku, mencuriku diam...
FIRMAN NOFEKI Lepaskanlah. Maka besok lusa, jika dia cinta sejatimu, dia pasti akan kembali dengan cara mengagumka...
TERE LIYE Beri aku sesuatu yang paling sulit, aku akan belajar!
ANDREA HIRATA Ukhuwah itu tidak bisa dihapus dalam satu perintah, walaupun yang memerintah adalah seorang raja yan...
SASDANU PRIAMBODO Aku nggak membencimu. Aku hanya benci karena ternyata begitu sulit melupakanmu.
CHRISTIAN SIMAMORA Kau sendiri tahu. Bila kau dah bulatkan tekad, tak perlu ragu untuk bikin atau buat. Dapat atau tak,...
RIDUAN A. DULLAH Kau bisa melihat masa depan kalau kau punya pemahaman dasar tentang bagaimana orang akan bersikap
JOHN GREEN Demi Eldar..., demi Eldar yang mereka bilang aku khianati..., aku akan mendapatkanmu lagi!!
K.A.Z. VIOLIN Di setiap udara yang kau temukan, Di sana akan kau jumpai Allah yang senantiasa mendengar doamu
ASMA NADIA Fey bersifat magis, tidak logis, dan tidak bisa dijelaskan. Sains tidak dapat membuktikan keberadaan...
JULIE KAGAWA Manusia ini kuat, tapi nafsu mampu menundukkannya.
Nafsu itu kuat, tapi iman mampu menund...
NAJMI NAWAWI Tanpa tetes air, tidak ada samudra; tanpa anak tangga, tidak ada tangga; tanpa hal kecil, tidak ada ...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Pada akhirnya, tidak ada yang bisa memaksa. Tidak juga janji atau kesetiaan. Tidak ada. Sekalipun ak...
DEE LESTARI seperti telah kubuktikan kepadamu, aku bisa membuat kesalahan seperti orang lain. Malah, karena aku ...
J.K. ROWLING Maha Suci Engkau Ya Allah, yang telah menciptakan perasaan. Maha Suci Engkau yang telah menciptakan ...
TERE LIYE I thought: if I die, I hope I get reincarnated into a mosquito so I can bite that fucker kau-kau.
ZEN CHO mereka tidak dapat mengambil harga diri kita kalau kita tidak memberikannya kepada mereka
MAHATMA GANDHI Kamu sahabatku, Rosa. Dan Sahabat tidak memaksa sahabatnya untuk melakukan hal yang tidak disukainya
F.J. ISMARIANTO sepi dan aku adalah satu
ADRIE Kau tahu, Nak, sepotong intan terbaik dihasilkan dari dua hal, yaitu, suhu dan tekanan yang tinggi d...
TERE LIYE Di tengah gurun yang tertebak, jadilah salju abadi. Embun pagi tak akan kalahkan dinginmu, angin mal...
DEE LESTARI Aku tak sanggup hidup menanggung dosa.
SUBARU UENO perempuan dianggap dalam. kenapa? karena orang tidak akan menemukan dasar pada mereka. perempuan bah...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Para pengguna adblockplus akan dikumpulkan pada hari Kiamat dalam keadaan tidak beralas kaki dan tid...
RASARAB QUE MENTE TAN HERMOSA CON PENSAMIENTOS TAN PENDEJOS.
LORINDA MONRREAL Dan jika kau miskin, penderitaan menjadi mata uangmu.
KHALED HOSSEINI Tuhan, di dunia dan akhirat
aku ingin mengabdi
pada api Islam abadi
pimpin aku!
...
HAMKA Jika kehidupan adalah suatu teks yang berirama, aku hidup pada bait ketiga dimana tak banyak orang y...
NOM DE PLUME aku gak mau sepuluh, dua puluh tahun dari hari ini, aku masih terus-terusan memikirkan orang yg sama...
DEE LESTARI Aku kini percaya. Manusia dirancang untuk terluka.
DEE LESTARI Ketika kau hanya memiliki palu, semuanya tampak seperti paku
JODI PICOULT Jangan takut jatuh, karena yang tidak pernah memanjatlah yang tidak pernah jatuh. Jangan takut gagal...
HAMKA Kemunduran negara tidak akan terjadi kalau tidak kemunduran budi dan kekusutan jiwa."
Ham...
HAMKA Kita tidak hidup selamanya, Rayyi. Karena itu jangan buang-buang waktu untuk sesuatu yang tidak kita...
WINDRY RAMADHINA ...Ia memang sama sekali tidak keberatan memiliki istri yang tidak bisa memasak. Yang ia butuhkan ad...
DAHLIAN, ACCIDENTAL FATHER Kalau kau ingin menggerakkan orang sesuai dengan kehendakmu, genggamlah rahasianya…
AKIYOSHI RIKAKO Tidak perlu janji. Insya Allah sudah lebih dari cukup, Nak. Karena kita tidak pernah tahu apa yang a...
TERE LIYE Apalah gunanya impian bila tidak diwujudkan?
FREDRIK NAEL Hati tidak pernah memilih. Hati dipilih.
DEE LESTARI Agama, sebaliknya tidak mengklaim untuk jadi petunjuk praktis pengubah dunia. Semangat agama yang pa...
GOENAWAN MOHAMAD Agama akan tetap, tapi yang mengalami perubahan adalah diri Tuan sendiri. Jangan jadikan agama sebag...
INDAH EL HAFIDZ Saya belajar dari kisah hidup seseorang. Hati tidak pernah memilih. Hati dipilih. Jadi, kalau Keenan...
DEE LESTARI Urus terang mu sendiri, karna sore nanti aku akan pergi
ANDRE MARCHEVALY Ya Allah, aku hendak datang memenuhi panggilanMu, mudahkanlah segala urusanku
DIAN NAFI Tapi apa yang kita paling nak, itulah yang kita takkan dapat...
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AMY TAN No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social real...
AMY TAN I love football now. I have a club in Sarajevo, and I love that. The fans are fantastic. The people ...
VINCENT TAN We missed far too many chances and gave away soft goals in the match. We will now complete the class...
WALLACE TAN Effort and consistency are the foundation to success.
MARYALLE TAN Poetry. I read Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Hirschfield. I like to read Billy Collins out...
AMY TAN ARM's partnership with Grace is an important addition to our continued commitment and support for ou...
JUN TAN We spend our lives trying to find, this abstract being that we can call “mine”. We lose ourselve...
MARYALLE TAN Almost every month we have 20 to 30 patients needing a recovery room.
AMY TAN My friend Markus Zusak wrote a story from the point of view of death, 'The Book Thief.' I th...
SHAUN TAN A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.
AMY TAN If I look upon my whole life, I cannot think of another time when I felt more comfortable: when I ha...
AMY TAN Chaos is the penance for leisure.
AMY TAN That is the way it is with a wound. The wound begins to close in on itself, to protect what is hurti...
AMY TAN Over and over again, like clockwork, we see the human race present a remarkable talent all throughou...
MARYALLE TAN Have you ever wondered why Cinderella's stepmother was bitter and greedy? Have you ever wondered why...
MARYALLE TAN We are the kind of people who obsess over one word, ... but we have only one shot to get it right in...
AMY TAN I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to ...
AMY TAN Through the outreach that I have done, through platforms, I hope to unify Singaporeans because at th...
TONY TAN There's still a very positive yield story for Indonesia. There's been strong buying of bonds and tha...
CATHERINE TAN We have developed our own approach towards rehabilitating people, involving psychological rehabilita...
TONY TAN What should we do?", I asked, and I had a pained feeling I thought was the beginning of love.
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AMY TAN What is the past but what we choose to remember?
AMY TAN After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?
AMY TAN The stronger ties between primary care providers and the patients they serve will produce better out...
TONY TAN I think now we are simply strangers with some memories.
TAN REDDING My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finis...
AMY TAN Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.
AMY TAN Free time was the most precious time, when you should be doing what you loved, or at least slowing d...
AMY TAN I learned about opening moves and why it's important to control the center early on; the shortest di...
AMY TAN Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play che...
AMY TAN Asia has a great future; we here in the Philippines will benefit from this Asian prosperity.
ANDREW TAN My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianis...
AMY TAN I grew up with Bible stories, which are like fairy tales, because my father was a minister. We heard...
AMY TAN Together, they read on his papers a survey of the most common words found in suicide notes and mass ...
SIHAN TAN He has always been politely indifferent. But what's the Chinese word that means indifferent because ...
AMY TAN I'm usually woken by a vibration on my up-band. It's the gradual vibration for about ten sec...
AMY TAN You discover how confounding the world is when you try to draw it. You look at a car, and you try to...
SHAUN TAN It's only a very small percentage of creative thinking that ends up connecting with a wider audi...
SHAUN TAN Why do I always listen to your insane plans? Why aren't we at home watching TV like everyone else? W...
SHAUN TAN For books I want to keep reading, it's definitely the voice. It must be a voice I've never h...
AMY TAN Our definition of VIP is not as big as in Macau. But for us, they are VIPs even if they don't sp...
ANDREW TAN I always overwrite - really awful, long bits of script - and then I trim it down to the bare bones a...
SHAUN TAN But you can't stay in the dark for so long. Something inside of you starts to fade and you become li...
AMY TAN You're his beacon of light. You give him a sense of direction in his life. A purpose. But is it wort...
CLAUDIA TAN I was born to be a fighter. But being a fighter does not mean that I have to live in rage. When I fi...
CLAUDIA TAN It takes a lot of willpower to forgive someone. It takes a lot of strength to let the anger go and l...
CLAUDIA TAN [Karen Lundegaard] was quite frail, debilitated by metastatic breast cancer, which she had long know...
AMY TAN old books -- little tombstones of ideas and history
AMY TAN I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.
AMY TAN Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How ...
AMY TAN I recognise why I have such a strong inability to forgive certain people who betray me. It's chi...
AMY TAN And now at the airport, after shaking hands with everybody, waving good-bye, I think about all the d...
AMY TAN He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes.
AMY TAN While the adoption and penetration of advance security solutions is slow in developing countries due...
JAY TAN The main hurdle in implementing large security systems within enterprises is the difficulty in estab...
JAY TAN I take a few quick sips. "This is really good." And I mean it. I have never tasted tea like this. It...
AMY TAN To keep false hopes is to prolong misery.
AMY TAN Where did he go when he left us? I spied the new journal he had started using just last week and hel...
AMY TAN Fate changes when you change your clothes.
AMY TAN Teddy once told me that it's natural that we feel alone, and that's because our hearts are different...
AMY TAN And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusation...
AMY TAN Can I tell my daughter that I loved her father? This was the man who rubbed my feet at night. He pra...
AMY TAN wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her...
AMY TAN With the Lucio Tan group gaining sole control of PNB, it is unlikely that there will be any change i...
LUCIO TAN The deal also paves the way for a merger with the smaller Allied Bank, which is also owned by the Lu...
LUCIO TAN