Dahulu dia selalu katakan apa yang dia pikirkan, tangiskan, apa yang ditanggungkan, teriakan ria kesukaan di dalam hati remaja. Kini dia harus diam- tak ada kuping sudi suaranya. - Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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
Masa lalu tak perlu jadi beban, bila tak sudi jadi pembantu. - Pramoedya Ananta Toer
An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds. This is what it means to be educated. - Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Mengapa yang tidak setuju tak dapat mengekang nafsu menghina? Antara kita sendiri, kalau hanya hendak menghina pun tidak semua bisa berdiri sama tinggi. Penghinaan yang bodoh hanya akan memukul diri sendiri. - Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The love I knew was from books.. - Pramoedya Ananta Toer