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Alan Bennett: "Saya mencoba menjelaskan kepadanya pentingnya si penyai...

"Saya mencoba menjelaskan kepadanya pentingnya si penyair besar, tetapi tanpa banyak keberhasilan, The Waste Land tidak memperhitungkan sebagian besar dalam skema Mam. "Masalahnya adalah," kataku akhirnya, "dia memenangkan Hadiah Nobel." "Yah," katanya, dengan genggaman penting yang merupakan hak istimewa para ibu, "aku tidak terkejut. Mantelnya indah sekali.""

--- Alan Bennett

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success, The Waste Land not figuring very largely in Mam's scheme of things. "The thing is," I said finally, "he won the Nobel Prize." "Well," she said, with that unerring grasp of inessentials which is the prerogative of mothers, "I'm not surprised. It was a beautiful overcoat."