Ajeng

“My words were Egyptian hieroglyphics before the discovery of the Rosetta stone; my words were wounded soldiers limping home, guns spent, from a lost battle; my words were dying fish, flipping hysterically as the net is opened and the pile spreads across the boat deck like a slippery mountain trying to become a prairie.
My words were, and are, unworthy of Marianne Engel.”
― Andrew Davidson, The Gargoyle

“What you seek is seeking you.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“A man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language.”
― Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

“Sudah tentu seorang pengarang atau penulis manapun juga dan berapapun juga adalah murid dari pemikir lain dari dalam masyarakatnya sendiri atau masyarakat lain. Sedikitnya ia dipengaruhi oleh guru, kawan sepaham, bahkan oleh musuhnya sendiri.”
― Tan Malaka, Madilog