"Such was the love of this grandson for……" — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
"Such was the love of this grandson for his grandmother that two years after the death of his mother, when she herself fell gravely ill, he vowed to her that someday he would try to tell the world her life story. 'But why?' she asked humbly. 'I'm no one, just a girl from the coast' 'But you are everyone, Grandma,' the young Pramoedya told her. 'You are all the people who have ever had to fight to make this life their own."
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28 Quotes by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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Life can give everything to whoever tries to understand and is willing to receive new knowledge.
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Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a…
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An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds.…
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It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.
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Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities.
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Every good teaching may still end up producing evil bandits who have no principles whatsoever, an outcome even more likely…
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Humankind is able to create new conditions, a new reality. We are not fated to swim forever among the realities…
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I did not succeed in everything I did. And even where it did seem I was succeeding it was not…
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Aku bangga menjadi seorang liberal, Tuan, liberal konsekwen. Memang orang lain menamainya liberal keterlaluan. Bukan hanya tidak suka ditindas, tidak…
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Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.
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I'll do as I please. My mind is not to be imprisoned.
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Every book that is banned is a badge of honor.
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