A vantagem de envelhecer, pensou Peter Walsh, saindo do Regent's Park com o chapéu na mão, era só esta; as paixões permaneciam tão fortes quanto antes, mas a gente dispunha - por fim! - daquele poder que confere o sabor supremo à existência - o poder de agarrar a experiência, de examiná-la por todos os lados, lentamente, sob a luz.
[The compensation of growing old, Peter Walsh thought, coming out of Regent's Park, and holding his hat in his hand, was simply this; that the passions remain as strong as ever, but one has gained - at last! - the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence - the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it round, slowly, in the light.]
WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2013. Tradução de Claudio Alves Marcondes.
