Mitch Albom: "Orang tua jarang melepaskan anak-anak mereka, jadi anak-...

"Orang tua jarang melepaskan anak-anak mereka, jadi anak-anak melepaskan mereka. Mereka pindah. Mereka pindah. Momen-momen yang digunakan untuk mendefinisikan mereka - persetujuan seorang ibu, anggukan seorang ayah - dicakup oleh momen-momen pencapaian mereka sendiri. Tidak sampai lama kemudian, ketika kulit melorot dan jantung melemah, anak-anak mengerti; kisah-kisah mereka, dan semua pencapaian mereka, duduk di atas kisah ibu dan ayah mereka, batu demi batu, di bawah air kehidupan mereka."

--- Mitch Albom

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.