"We all have to accept reality, yes, that's true. But just to accept reality and do nothing else, that is the attitude of human beings who have lost the ability to develop and grow, because human beings have the ability to create new realities. And if there are no longer people who want to create new realities, then perhaps the word progress should be removed altogether from humankind's vocabulary"
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Originally published in Rumah Kaca , 1988
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toer (6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), was an Indonesian writer and novelist.
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