Top 250 Titon Rahmawan Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “Enjoying life does not have to do extraordinary things by spending a lot of money. Spending a quality time together with our loved ones is the best way to enjoy life.”

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202. “Sebuah tulisan yang bagus, apapun bentuknya setelah diterbitkan bukan lagi milik penulisnya. Pada intinya itu telah berubah menjadi sebuah pemberian, warisan dari penulis kepada dunia. Dan sebagai gantinya, dunia akan mencatatnya dalam buku sejarah.”

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203. “What are you worried about, buddy? Isn’t death just a door to immortality?”

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204. “Only people with fake personalities who want to edit their own appearance.”

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205. “You can die today or tomorrow. But don’t even think about death until you know what your purpose in life is.”

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206. “Saya tak membutuhkan drama. Saya tak membutuhkan keruwetan, komplikasi, friksi, konflik dan terutama air mata.”

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207. “Tuhan ada dalam hembusan nafas para penulis. Tuhan ada dalam setiap goresan penanya.”

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208. “Menulis itu bukan sekedar menggoreskan pena ke atas kertas. Menulis yang sesungguhnya adalah menggaungkan keabadian melampaui usia peradaban manusia.”

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209. “Those who are truly rich and sufficient don’t see whatever they have, but they know how to bring true happiness through giving and sharing with others.”

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210. “The sadness within ourselves should teach us to be empathetic, that there is the sadness of others who may be so much bigger than ours, that we cannot even bear it.”

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211. “God is in the breath of the writers. God is in every stroke of the pen.”

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212. “The fact that doesn’t surprise me at all is that countless men I know don’t use their brains to think. I almost felt sure, that they really were brainless. Even if they may have brains, they don’t use them to think. It seems that their thoughts are not controlled by their brains but by what they store in their groins.”

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213. “Truth may just come down as a gift or a blessing. Human weakness and ignorance that prevents them from reaching the essence of truth.”

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214. “Bukan dunia di luar dirimu yang bisa membuat hidupmu bahagia, melainkan penerimaan dan sikapmu pada dirimu sendiri. Tidak ada seorang pun yang bisa menggantikan dirimu menanggung penderitaan dan kesusahan. Dan demikian pula, tidak ada orang lain yang bertanggung jawab atas kebahagianmu selain dari dirimu sendiri. Sebab surga atau neraka itu hadir bukan sekedar sebagai sebuah ganjaran, melainkan sebagai konsekuensi dari pilihan hidup kita sendiri.”

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215. “Buku bukan cuma jendela dunia, buku adalah pintu ke dalam hati dan pikiran manusia.”

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216. “Bagi seorang penulis, sebuah obsesi bisa sama pentingnya dengan tulisan itu sendiri. Obsesi kepenulisan adalah spirit yang menjaga semangat dan kreativitas agar tetap hidup. Ialah motivasi terbesar yang menjaga konsistensi agar tulisan itu bisa dituntaskan.”

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217. “Kadang kadang ia tidak menulis sendirian. Seperti orang kesurupan dan ruh ruh yang ia sebut sebagai entitas itu merasukinya. Merekalah yang kemudian menuliskan huruf demi huruf itu hingga menjadi sebuah kata. Dan merangkai kata demi kata itu hingga membentuk sebuah kalimat dan lalu menghubungkan paragraf demi paragraf hingga membentuk sebuah cerita yang utuh.”

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218. “You deserve what you really stand for, not what you want. This applies to everything including love.”

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219. “Kesedihan dalam diri sendiri semestinya mengajarkan kita untuk berempati, bahwa ada kesedihan kesedihan orang lain yang mungkin jauh lebih besar dari kesedihan kita, yang kita bahkan tak sanggup menanggungnya.”

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220. “Siapa bilang dunia ini adil? Nyatanya, standar kesucian dan kemurnian hanya berlaku buat perempuan dan tidak berlaku buat laki-laki. Apakah standar ganda moralitas tidak bersikap diskriminatif? Bukankah istilah “perawan” itu tidak kurang diskriminatifnya? Betapa malangnya kita kaum perempuan yang dipaksa mempertaruhkan kehormatan dan harga diri hanya pada sebatas kulit setipis selaput dara.”

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221. “When she wrote, she didn’t just compose words. She tried to create the imagination of the words she wanted. Like an architect pouring out her ideas through a line.”

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222. “But don’t misjudge as many people think so far. Prostitutes are not victims of men. They are accomplished manipulators with sexual attractiveness capable of making male surrender and deceived. With their nudity they gave men pseudo satisfaction and fake orgasm. And men are obliged to pay the price of all the lies.”

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223. “If there is ignorance in a man, because he cannot think other than indulging the wild animal instincts that are within him. Desire that he cannot control. He can turn into a very cruel monster. A being that can do anything to satisfy its instincts to kill or prey on other creatures.”

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224. “Apakah makna harus ditemukan agar pengertian sampai? Perlukah pengertian dicari agar penghayatan sampai? Mestikah penghayatan diperoleh agar keindahan sampai? Haruskah keindahan diraih agar puisi sampai?”

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225. “Sebagai penulis aku bisa mati, dan mati dan mati berulang ulang kali. Tidaklah menjadi masalah bagi diriku, sepanjang tulisanku tetap hidup.”

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226. “Percayalah, buku yang baik entah bagaimana, pasti akan menemukan pembacanya.”

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227. “But we never want to talk about sadness without leaving a scar. We don’t even realize that behind the wound inside the oyster’s body is a beautiful pearl.”

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228. “This doesn’t hurt me at all. Seeing myself grow old and lose the charm I once had, no matter what. What is the meaning of a woman who dares to show off the secrets of her heart and body to a man other than her own husband. But for me it is not a disgrace. What no one could possibly understand. What doesn’t hurt me won’t kill me. For me it is more than just giving out fun. That’s my way to be happy. And I don’t need to be understood.”

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229. “Kamu tak bisa mencerca iblis,” ia tersenyum mencemooh. ” Ia ada dalam pikiranmu. Ia ada dalam dirimu!”

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230. “A good book changing lives. A good writer inspires.”

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231. “Buku yang baik tak cuma menggerakkan kalbumu, ia juga akan mampu menggerakkan pikiranmu dan keinginanmu untuk menulis sama baiknya atau bahkan lebih baik.”

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232. “What people rarely know is that a lie can hurt much more than honesty. Even if it’s a white lie.”

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233. “Who are you but humiliation, poverty and misery? In the face of that essence of truth, we are no more noble than a grain of dust. Therefore, anyone who feels himself capable of surpassing all of that. The vast ocean with its rolling waves. Rugged mountains with peaks that challenge the sky. And the stars that are billions of light away are only a blink of an eye and meaningless in the face of the light of true truth.”

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234. “Why do many people feel suffering in their lives? In my opinion, suffering arises because people fail to interpret the meaning of life and therefore, they are unable to find wisdom and blessings that they should be grateful for and enjoy.”

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235. “Is the fate that unites lovers, or lovers who find their destiny?”

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236. “Tidak masalah apa pun yang kamu tulis. Pada saat kamu selesai menulis, kamu sudah mencetak sejarah setidaknya sejarah bagi dirimu sendiri.”

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237. “Ada satu waktu di mana orang berjalan bermil mil untuk mendapatkan air. Sedang yang lain mesti menggali berkilo meter dalamnya untuk menemukan sumbernya. Tapi, bukankah ada mata air di dalam setiap hati, dan telaga jernih di dalam setiap pikiran? Mereka yang bijak tahu bagaimana mereka bisa minum tanpa harus membuang energi dengan percuma dan sia-sia. Mereka yang bijak tahu di mana letak samudra kebenaran yang sesungguhnya. Bukan jauh di luar sana, melainkan dekat di dalam diri mereka sendiri.”

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238. “We will not find happiness in the things we think are ideal and which we think are perfect. Because there is not a single perfection in human life. There are only imperfections. Those who can feel happiness, are those who find beauty in their own imperfections and in others. Happy people are people who are grateful for all their shortcomings.”

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239. “Our biggest mistake is that we always think that we are the subject of that truth. We feel as the origin of truth. When in fact we are just a jug in the hand of the craftsman. Without the presence of the craftsman, we are just a lump of clay which has no meaning.”

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240. “Try to explain to me, what is the difference between serving a man in a marriage and serving many men in a prostitution? The only difference is the status in society. Marriage is prostitution legalized as an exclusivity for men.”

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241. “You can only accept the happiness that truth presents as a gift. There is no way he could exist of your own accord. It is like a pitcher which cannot be created without the will and intention of the craftsman. That revival will come to you and not the other way around. Even if you can build a thousand towers to climb up to reach the sky. It is too high for you to reach, and too far for you to pursue.”

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242. “Kegagalan yang seringkali membayang bayangi seorang penulis adalah ketidak mampuannya memprioritaskan pengalaman dan keterlibatan emosional pembaca atas karya yang ia tulis di atas kepentingannya sendiri. Kagagalan terjadi tatkala sang penulis tak mampu melepaskan diri dari beban egoismenya untuk tampil dan menyuarakan dirinya sendiri. Cerita yang baik tidaklah demikian. Cerita yang baik menciptakan jarak antara jati diri si penulis dengan watak dan karakter tokoh tokoh yang ia ciptakan.”

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243. “I know what is hidden in the minds of men. They only want a respectable woman to be their life partner. But at the same time, he wanted her to be his prostitute whenever he wanted. A prostitute to himself exclusively. Because their egos as men do not allow them to share with others.”

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244. “The only way is not humans to come to find the truth. Because if so, then they will get lost. How can humans find what they don’t know? Therefore, humans are only possible to let the truth come knocking on the door so that they get enlightenment. They become blessed. Not by his own will, but because of the desire of the truth itself.”

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245. “How can my limited humanity bring me to the truth? How can I find truth that I never knew?”

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246. “Di angkringan malam itu, kita tak duduk berhadapan tapi bersisian. Kau bilang tak ingin difoto, karena merasa lagi jelek. Namun bagiku, kau selalu memesona seperti biasa. Meskipun langit sedikit mendung, meskipun cuma cahaya lampu senthir yang remang remang menerangi wajahmu. Malam mulai beranjak tua dan ada gurat usia yang makin menebal di wajah kita. Namun aku merasa, selalu ada cinta yang sama untukmu, yang aku tahu tidak akan pernah berubah.”

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247. “Aku tak pernah melupakan dongeng dongeng yang dulu diceritakan oleh nenekku sewaktu aku masih kanak kanak. Aku kemudian tumbuh dan bahkan tetap hidup bersama dengan dongeng dongeng itu hingga aku dewasa. Itu sebabnya aku tak pernah kekurangan bahan untuk menulis cerita.”

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248. “Bahkan seorang penulis, bila ia benar benar serius menyikapi status kepenulisannya harus membiasakan diri untuk ditolak. Ini tidak lebih buruk dari seorang pedagang yang cuma berhasil menjual satu barang setelah melewati setidaknya 100 kali penolakan.”

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249. “I don’t make men my object. I accept them as I accept myself. As a form of longing for love and happiness. And I give myself as the answer to that longing. But of course I won’t get caught up in their play. I will not be persuaded by sweet mouth and seduction. I’m not going to fall for a hackneyed romanticism, or a blind orgy party. I give only to those who deserve it, and I expect nothing in return.”

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250. “Human logic is too narrow to state the truth for itself. We cannot possibly ask others to testify for what they do not know and believe to be true. Because the truth is not as simple as what we believe only comes from what we hear from the words of other people.”

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