Ian Mcewan: "Dia menekuk jarinya dan kemudian meluruskannya. Misteri i...

"Dia menekuk jarinya dan kemudian meluruskannya. Misteri itu ada dalam sekejap sebelum bergerak, momen pemisah antara tidak bergerak dan bergerak, ketika niatnya mulai berlaku. Itu seperti gelombang pecah. Jika dia hanya bisa menemukan dirinya di puncak, pikirnya, dia mungkin akan menemukan rahasia dirinya, bagian dirinya yang benar-benar bertanggung jawab. Dia mendekatkan telunjuknya ke wajahnya dan menatapnya, mendesaknya untuk bergerak. Tetap diam karena dia berpura-pura ... Dan ketika akhirnya dia melakukannya, tindakan itu tampaknya dimulai dari jari itu sendiri, bukan di bagian pikirannya."

--- Ian Mcewan

Versi Bahasa Inggris

She bent her finger and then straightened it. The mystery was in the instant before it moved, the dividing moment between not moving and moving, when her intention took effect. It was like a wave breaking. If she could only find herself at the crest, she thought, she might find the secret of herself, that part of her that was really in charge. She brought her forefinger closer to her face and stared at it, urging it to move. It remained still because she was pretending... . And when she did crook it finally, the action seemed to start in the finger itself, not in some part of her mind.