Jonathan Safran Foer: "Ibu berkata, "Rohnya ada di sana," da...

"Ibu berkata, "Rohnya ada di sana," dan itu membuat saya benar-benar marah. Saya mengatakan kepadanya, "Ayah tidak punya semangat! Dia punya sel!" "Ingatannya ada di sana." "Ingatannya ada di sini," kataku, menunjuk kepalaku. "Ayah punya semangat," katanya, seolah dia sedikit memutar balik pembicaraan kami. Saya mengatakan kepadanya, "Dia punya sel, dan sekarang mereka berada di atap rumah, dan di sungai, dan di paru-paru jutaan orang di New York, yang bernafas setiap kali mereka berbicara!"

--- Jonathan Safran Foer

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Mom said, "His spirit is there," and that made me really angry. I told her, "Dad didn't have a spirit! He had cells!" "His memory is there." "His memory is here," I said, pointing at my head. "Dad had a spirit," she said, like she was rewinding a bit in our conversation. I told her, "He had cells, and now they're on rooftops, and in the river, and in the lungs of millions of people around New York, who breathe him every time they speak!