每一个人的灵魂都是一颗星星。
任何重复性活动（如惩罚犯罪或葬礼仪式）的功能，在于它在整体社会生活中扮演的角色，从而对维持结构连续性所做的贡献。
小说就像蜘蛛网，或许连接得很轻，但仍然在四个角落都与生活相连。
Security is sleeping in the back seat of the car...When you're a little kid, and you've ben somewhere with your Mom and Dad, and it's night, and you're riding home in the car, you can sleep in the back seat...You don't have to worry about anything...Your Mom and Dad are in the front seat, and they do all the worrying...But it doesn't last! Suddenly, you're grown up, and it can never be that way again!