Denis Johnson: "Di ujung lorong datang istri. Dia mulia, terbakar. Dia...

"Di ujung lorong datang istri. Dia mulia, terbakar. Dia belum tahu bahwa suaminya sudah mati. Kami tahu. Itulah yang memberinya kekuatan seperti itu atas kita. Dokter membawanya ke sebuah ruangan dengan meja di ujung aula, dan dari bawah pintu yang tertutup secercah kecemerlangan terpancar seolah-olah, dengan proses yang luar biasa, berlian sedang dibakar di sana. Sepasang paru-paru! Dia menjerit ketika aku membayangkan seekor elang akan menjerit. Senang rasanya bisa hidup mendengarnya! Saya sudah mencari perasaan itu di mana-mana."

--- Denis Johnson

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Down the hall came the wife. She was glorious, burning. She didn't know yet that her husband was dead. We knew. That's what gave her such power over us. The doctor took her into a room with a desk at the end of the hall, and from under the closed door a slab of brilliance radiated as if, by some stupendous process, diamonds were being incinerated in there. What a pair of lungs! She shrieked as I imagined an eagle would shriek. It felt wonderful to be alive to hear it! I've gone looking for that feeling everywhere.