Virginia Woolf: "Dia terlihat sangat tua. Dia melihat, pikir James, ke...

"Dia terlihat sangat tua. Dia melihat, pikir James, kepalanya sekarang menghadap ke Mercusuar, sekarang melawan limbah air yang mengalir ke tempat terbuka, seperti beberapa batu tua yang tergeletak di atas pasir; dia tampak seolah-olah secara fisik menjadi apa yang selalu ada di belakang pikiran mereka — kesepian yang bagi mereka berdua adalah kebenaran tentang berbagai hal."

--- Virginia Woolf

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

He looked very old. He looked, James thought, getting his head now against the Lighthouse, now against the waste of waters running away into the open, like some old stone lying on the sand; he looked as if he had become physically what was always at the back of both of their minds-that loneliness which was for both of them the truth about things.