Pandasurya

“Harapan, kata Vaclav Havel, "bukanlah keyakinan bahwa hal-ikhwal akan berjalan baik, melainkan rasa pasti bahwa ada sesuatu yang bukan hanya omong kosong dalam semua ini, apa pun yang akan terjadi akhirnya".”
― Goenawan Mohamad, debu, duka, dsb. : Sebuah Pertimbangan Anti-Theodise

“Memang sulit menulis puisi. Dan untuk apa mempersulit diri sendiri.”
― Danarto, Berhala: Kumpulan Cerita Pendek

“Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not worth reading. A better formula is this: Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.”
― Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

“There have always been literate ignoramuses who have read too widely and not well. The Greeks had a name for such a mixture of learning and folly which might be applied to the bookish but poorly read of all ages. They are all sophomores.”
― Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading