Jennifer Donnelly: "Mereka duduk diam bersama selama beberapa menit, J...

"Mereka duduk diam bersama selama beberapa menit, Joe memegang tangan Fiona, Fiona terisak. Tidak ada kata-kata berbunga-bunga, tidak ada kata-kata hampa berlalu di antara mereka. Joe akan melakukan apa saja untuk meringankan penderitaannya, tetapi dia tidak tahu apa-apa yang bisa dia lakukan, atau katakan, bisa. Kesedihannya akan berakhir, seperti demam, dan melepaskannya saat dihabiskan. Dia tidak akan menyuruhnya diam atau mengatakan padanya bahwa itu kehendak Tuhan dan bahwa suaminya lebih baik. Itu sampah dan mereka berdua tahu itu. Ketika sesuatu sakit seburuk ini, Anda harus membiarkannya sakit. Tidak ada jalan pintas."

--- Jennifer Donnelly

Versi Bahasa Inggris

They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would have done anything to ease her suffering, but he knew nothing he might do, or say, could. Her grief would run its course, like a fever, and release her when it was spent. He would not shush her or tell her it was God's will and that her da was better off. That was rubbish and they both knew it. When something hurt as bad as this, you had to let it hurt. There were no shortcuts.