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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.
Gilda Radner
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To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Seorang Fotografer Wanita Mengabadikan 3 Zaman Melalui Kamera

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DI PENGHUJUNG usia 70an tahun, semangatnya menekuni fotografi tetap besar. Terlahir sebagai anak keempat dari enam bersaudara, Sri Suharti mulai memotret sejak duduk di bangku sekolah menengah pertama. Bersenjata kamera Rolleicord milik temannya, Sri Suharti [kelahiran 10 Agustus 1930] mulai menekuni dunia fotografi. Ia menjadikan teman-teman sekolahnya sebagai model ndeso [gaya desa] -meminjam istilah Sri Suharti sendiri. Padahal, pada waktu itu belum banyak orang yang memiliki kamera film berformat 120 milimeter. Kegemaranannya di jagat gambar film semakin kuat ketika ayahnya menghadiahi kamera saat Sri duduk di bangku sekolah menengah pertama khusus putri di Pasar Legi, Solo.

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I felt like I was sort of disappearing. It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing everytime you crossed a road.
— J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye  (via wistless)
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