Karen Marie Moning: "Mata kuno telah menatapku, dipenuhi duka kuno. Da...

"Mata kuno telah menatapku, dipenuhi duka kuno. Dan sesuatu yang lebih. Sesuatu yang sangat asing dan tidak terduga sehingga saya hampir menangis. Saya telah melihat banyak hal di matanya pada saat saya mengenalnya: nafsu, hiburan, simpati, ejekan, hati-hati, amarah. Tetapi saya belum pernah melihat ini. Berharap. Jericho Barrons punya harapan, dan akulah alasannya. Saya tidak akan pernah melupakan senyumnya. Itu menerangi dia dari dalam ke luar."

--- Karen Marie Moning

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears. I'd seen many things in his eyes in the time that I'd known him: lust, amusement, sympathy, mockery, caution, fury. But I had never seen this. Hope. Jericho Barrons had hope, and I was the reason for it. I would never forget his smile. It had illuminated him from the inside out.