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“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

“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“Perjalanan: melatih diri untuk tetap menjaga jarak seraya berbagi begitu banyak.”
― Laksmi Pamuntjak, Amba

“Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
― William Martin, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents