Dina Oktaviani

“I want to go about like the light-footed goats.”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

“Kita berdua saja duduk,
Aku memesan ilalang panjang dan bunga rumput,
Kau entah memesan apa,
Aku memesan batu ditengah sungai terjal yang deras,
Kau entah memesan apa,
Tapi kita berdua saja duduk,”
― Sapardi Djoko Damono, Hujan Bulan Juni

“Kamu sering bertanya: Apakah kegembiraan hidup? Sebuah pesta? Sebotol bir? Sepotong musik jazz? Semangkok bakso? Sebait puisi? Sebatang rokok? Seorang istri? Ah ya, apakah kebahagiaan hidup? Selembar ijazah? Sebuah rumah? Sebuah mobil? Walkman? Ganja? Orgasme? Pacar? Kamu selalu bertanya bagaimana caranya menikmati hidup.”
― Seno Gumira Ajidarma, Matinya Seorang Penari Telanjang

“I used to analyze myself down to the last thread, used to compare myself with others, recalled all the smallest glances, smiles and words of those to whom I’d tried to be frank, interpreted everything in a bad light, laughed viciously at my attempts ‘to be like the rest’ –and suddenly, in the midst of my laughing, I’d give way to sadness, fall into ludicrous despondency and once again start the whole process all over again – in short, I went round and round like a squirrel on a wheel.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment