Denna

“Sajak kecil tentang cinta

Mencintai angin harus menjadi siut...
Mencintai air harus menjadi ricik...
Mencintai gunung harus menjadi terjal...
Mencintai api harus menjadi jilat...
Mencintai cakrawala harus menebas jarak...

MencintaiMu harus menjadi aku”
― Sapardi Djoko Damono

“Sekali waktu bocah
cilik tak lagi
sedih karena layang-layangnya
robek atau hilang
- Lihat, Bu, aku tak menangis
sebab aku bisa terbang sendiri
dengan sayap
ke langit -”
― Subagio Sastrowardoyo, Dan Kematian Makin Akrab: Pilihan Sajak

“When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. It is the same as the pupil, in learning to write, following with his pen the lines that have been pencilled by the teacher. Accordingly, in reading, the work of thinking is, for the greater part, done for us. This is why we are consciously relieved when we turn to reading after being occupied with our own thoughts. But, in reading, our head is, however, really only the arena of some one else's thoughts. And so it happens that the person who reads a great deal—that is to say, almost the whole day, and recreates himself by spending the intervals in thoughtless diversion, gradually loses the ability to think for himself; just as a man who is always riding at last forgets how to walk. Such, however, is the case with many men of learning: they have read themselves stupid. For to read in every spare moment, and to read constantly, is more paralysing to the mind than constant manual work...”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Okumaya ve Okumuşlara Dair

“SEMENTRA KITA SALING BERBISIK

Sementara kita saling berbisik
Untuk lebih lama tinggal
Pada debu, cinta yang tinggal berupa
Bunga kertas dan lintasan angka-angla

Ketika kita saling berbisik
Di luar semakin sengit malam hari
Memadamkan bekas-bekas telapak kaki, menyekap sisa-sisa unggun api
Sebelum fajar. Ada yang masih bersikeras abadi.

(1966)”
― Sapardi Djoko Damono, Hujan Bulan Juni