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Capital dictates the fate of humanity. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

You know what a publisher is? He's a failed writer whose father was rich enough that he's able to appropriate other people's talents. — Joel Dicker

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Women prefer to serve the present and are afraid of age; they are in the grip of youth of their dreams. Age is truly an oppression for women. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

At the beginning of all growth, everything imitates. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

You must first of all think justly. Don't sit in judgment over others when you don't know the truth of the matter. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Be kind, aim for my heart. — Alexandre Dumas

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it. — Sophocles

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Every book that is banned is a badge of honor. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I did not succeed in everything I did. And even where it did seem I was succeeding it was not always the case. The human heart has a million facets. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

If people don't recognize such limits, God will make them realize His own way — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

But I couldn't stop there. The call of adventure was much stronger and more inviting. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

The fracture of pencil still useful, but the fracture of soul,
we couldn't use it, Mister. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Life can give everything to whoever tries to understand and is willing to receive new knowledge. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

A mother knows what her child's gone through, even if she didn't see it herself. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I don't follow any kind of 'isms.' If there is one, it will be Pram-ism. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I don't write to give joy to readers but to give them a conscience. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

The love I knew was from books.. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Painting is literature in colors. Literature is painting in language. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Don't be afraid of the darkness; just carry a light with you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

People must be just and fair, starting with what they thought. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

There is no love that appears suddenly out of the blue, because love is a child of culture, not a stone dropped from heaven. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

for your 'transactions,' as you call them, is derived from the — Andrew Gross

It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I'll do as I please. My mind is not to be imprisoned. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer