Simone de Beauvoir: "Pada malam hari ketika orang tua saya mengadakan...

"Pada malam hari ketika orang tua saya mengadakan pesta, cermin ruang tamu berlipat hingga tak terbatas gemerlapnya lampu kristal. Mama akan duduk di grand piano untuk menemani seorang wanita berpakaian awan tulle yang memainkan biola dan sepupu yang tampil di selo. Di antara gigiku, selembar permen buah buatan akan retak, dan semburan cahaya akan menyinari langit-langit mulutku dengan rasa blackcurrant atau nanas: semua warna, semua lampu milikku, syal tipis, berlian, tali sepatu ; Saya memegang seluruh pesta di mulut saya."

--- Simone de Beauvoir

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

On the evenings when my parents held parties, the drawing-room mirrors multiplied to infinity the scintillations of a crystal chandelier. Mama would take her seat at the grand piano to accompany a lady dressed in a cloud of tulle who played the violin and a cousin who performed on a cello. I would crack between my teeth the candied shell of an artificial fruit, and a burst of light would illuminate my palate with a taste of blackcurrant or pineapple: all the colours, all the lights were mine, the gauzy scarves, the diamonds, the laces; I held the whole party in my mouth.