Dony

“Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah. Menulis adalah bekerja untuk keabadian.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer

“Jangan hanya ya-ya-ya. Tuan terpelajar, bukan yes-man. Kalau tidak sependapat, katakan. Belum tentu kebenaran ada pada pihakku ...”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

“An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds. That is what it means to be educated.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

“I've often heard people say, “Your country is beautiful, a virtual paradise.” When will the people of Indonesia be as beautiful as their land, with a civilization and culture that contributes to the greater beauty of humankind and no longer smothers and strangles the mind?”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer