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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
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
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