Jodi Picoult: "Ross memegangi wajahnya di antara tangannya dan mencium...

"Ross memegangi wajahnya di antara tangannya dan menciumnya. Dia merasakan keraguan pada lidahnya dan rasa sakit di atap mulutnya. Dia menelan ini, dan minum lagi. Dikonsumsi, dia tidak punya pilihan selain untuk melihat betapa kosongnya dia di dalam, dan bagaimana, seteguk demi seteguk, dia mengisinya."

--- Jodi Picoult

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Ross held her face between his hands and kissed her. He tasted doubt on her tongue and pain on the roof of her mouth. He swallowed these, and drank again. Consumed, she had no choice but to see how empty he was inside, and how, sip by sip, she filled him.