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Terry Pratchett: "Nenek menggigit bibirnya. Dia tidak pernah benar-ben...

"Nenek menggigit bibirnya. Dia tidak pernah benar-benar yakin tentang anak-anak, memikirkan mereka - ketika dia memikirkan mereka sama sekali - datang di suatu tempat antara hewan dan manusia. Dia mengerti bayi. Anda menaruh susu di satu ujung dan menjaga yang lainnya sebersih mungkin. Orang dewasa bahkan lebih mudah, karena mereka makan dan membersihkan diri. Tapi di antaranya adalah dunia pengalaman yang tidak pernah benar-benar dia tanyakan. Sejauh yang disadarinya, Anda hanya mencoba menghentikan mereka menangkap sesuatu yang fatal dan berharap semuanya akan baik-baik saja."

--- Terry Pratchett

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere between animals and people. She understood babies. You put milk in one end and kept the other as clean as possible. Adults were even easier, because they did the feeding and cleaning themselves. But in between was a world of experience that she had never really inquired about. As far as she was aware, you just tried to stop them catching anything fatal and hoped that it would all turn out all right.