Diana Gabaldon: "Ini omong kosong, pikirnya. Kebutuhannya adalah hal y...

"Ini omong kosong, pikirnya. Kebutuhannya adalah hal yang fisik, seperti kehausan seorang pelaut yang terhanyut selama berminggu-minggu di laut. Dia merasakan kebutuhan sebelumnya, sering, sering, dalam tahun-tahun terpisah mereka. Tapi mengapa sekarang? Dia aman; dia tahu di mana dia berada - apakah hanya kelelahan selama beberapa minggu dan hari-hari terakhir, atau mungkin kelemahan usia merayap yang membuat tulang-tulangnya terasa sakit, seolah-olah dia sebenarnya telah robek dari tubuhnya, seperti Tuhan telah membuat Hawa dari Adam tulang rusuk?"

--- Diana Gabaldon

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This was nonsense, he thought. The need of her was a physical thing, like the thirsty of a sailor becalmed for weeks on the sea. He'd felt the need before, often, often, in their years apart. But why now? She was safe; he knew where she was - was it only the exhaustion of the past weeks and days, or perhaps the weakness of creeping age that made his bones ache, as though she had in fact been torn from his body, as God had made Eve from Adam's rib?