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“When you lost your voice, you lost the ability to make sense of yourself.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“If spring never comes, does that mean summer won’t either? How will the crops grow when the fields are covered with snow?”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“in reserve for the most important thing: the present.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“—unable to rid herself of her memories. Poor thing.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“I remember hearing a saying long ago: ‘Men who start by burning books end by burning other men,’ ” I said.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“But what if human beings themselves disappear?” I asked.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“Suddenly Lintang got up from his seat and went over to his father, took the form from his hands, and exclaimed, “I will be the one to fill out this form later, Ibunda Guru, after I have learned how to read and write!”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“He was Rhoma Irama, the dangdut singer, a Malay backcountry idol—our Elvis Presley.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“He was a guru in the true sense of the word, its Hindi meaning: a person who not only transfers knowledge but who also is a friend and spiritual guide for his students.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“We were freed, but not yet free.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“One of the extraordinary qualities of Malays is that no matter how bad their circumstances, they always consider themselves fortunate. That is the use of religion.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Lesson number three: If you are gorgeous, you will not lead a peaceful life.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“And Ikal, masya Allah—my God, Ibunda, that boy was sent by Satan!”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Lintang often risked his life for the sake of his education. Nevertheless, he never missed a day of school. He pedaled eighty kilometers round-trip every day.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Studying was entertainment that made him forget life’s hardships.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Just as stupidity often goes unrealized, some people are often unaware that they have been chosen, destined by God, to be betrothed to knowledge.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Lintang was obsessed with learning new things.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“No way, Ibunda Guru. This morning I was almost swallowed by a crocodile. I don’t have time to wait. Explain it all, and explain it now.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“If the heart is not envious of one with knowledge, then it can be illuminated by the rays of enlightenment. Like stupidity, intelligence is contagious.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“He betrayed C. Simanjuntak.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“he turned the beloved song into one we did not recognize. He betrayed C. Simanjuntak.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Because they owned only one bicycle, Lintang’s father departed from their home in the middle of the night to make the journey by foot. Once morning came, Lintang followed with his mother on the bicycle.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“It is not because your work lacked quality; no matter what kind of work we do, we must have discipline. Talented people with a bad attitude are useless.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“the law never siding with the poor;”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“All moving things froze as if God had captured their movement with a giant camera from the sky. The camera flash was blinding. I saw stars.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“I had just been hit by my very first love at very first sight—a most incredible feeling that only some are fortunate enough to experience.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Right there, among the stinky candlenut sacks, cans of kerosene, and sacks of jengkol beans, I had found love.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“I had become a man with unlimited strength, and I was more than willing to cart Syahdan on the back of the bike to anywhere in the world. My friend, if you really want to know, that is what they call being madly in love.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“It didn’t symbolize our aspirations, because we didn’t dare have any.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops

“Performing as a faraway tribe from Africa was a brilliant idea. That tribe was known to be meagerly dressed. The fewer the clothes, the less funding required.”
― Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops