Cormac McCarthy: "Berbaring di bawah segudang bintang. Cakrawala hitam...

"Berbaring di bawah segudang bintang. Cakrawala hitam laut. Dia bangkit dan berjalan keluar dan berdiri tanpa alas kaki di pasir dan menyaksikan ombak pucat muncul di sepanjang pantai dan berguling-guling dan jatuh dan menjadi gelap lagi. Ketika dia kembali ke api unggun, dia berlutut dan merapikan rambutnya ketika dia tidur dan dia berkata jika dia adalah Tuhan dia akan membuat dunia begitu dan tidak berbeda."

--- Cormac McCarthy

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Lying under such a myriad of stars. The sea’s black horizon. He rose and walked out and stood barefoot in the sand and watched the pale surf appear all down the shore and roll and crash and darken again. When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would have made the world just so and no different.