James Salter: "Anda hidup dan mati sendirian, terutama di pejuang. Pej...

"Anda hidup dan mati sendirian, terutama di pejuang. Pejuang. Entah bagaimana, terlepas dari segalanya, kata itu tidak menjadi steril. Anda menyelinap ke kokpit berongga dan diikat dan dicolokkan ke mesin. Tanah kanopi menutup dan menyegel Anda. Oksigen Anda, napas Anda, Anda dibawa ke ruang hampa udara dingin, dalam botol baja."

--- James Salter

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

You lived and died alone, especially in fighters. Fighters. Somehow, despite everything, that word had not become sterile. You slipped into the hollow cockpit and strapped and plugged yourself into the machine. The canopy ground shut and sealed you off. Your oxygen, your very breath, you carried into the chilled vacuum, in a steel bottle.