Gita Swasti

“Envy was just the tax you paid on success.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“Inilah yang dulu kukatakan, dalam hidup segala hal mestilah dilakukan pada batas kewajaran. Karena keselamatan berada di tengah antara dua hal yang saling berlawanan. Jadi keselamatan adalah jalan tengah, atau kewajaran atau keberimbangan. Yang kita saksikan akhir-akhir ini adalah kehidupan yang serba tidak wajar, melampaui batas. Dan kehidupan takkan kembali berimbang sebelum dia mengalami akibat ketidakwajaran itu. E, anakku, cucuku, kita sendiri telah ikut-ikutan lupa.”
― Ahmad Tohari, Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk

“He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing is when you make something up out of thin air, in which case it has no value. Anybody can do that. But something out of something means it was really there the whole time, inside you, and you discover it as part of something new, that’s never happened before.”
― Etgar Keret, פתאום דפיקה בדלת

“I want to see you.

Know your voice.

Recognize you when you
first come 'round the corner.

Sense your scent when I come
into a room you've just left.

Know the lift of your heel,
the glide of your foot.

Become familiar with the way
you purse your lips
then let them part,
just the slightest bit,
when I lean in to your space
and kiss you.

I want to know the joy
of how you whisper
"more”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi