The novel cannot submit to authority.

“Hurt is a part of life. To be honest, I think hurt is a part of happiness, that…”

“You said you didn't want to get involved with me,that one of us would get hurt …”

“Reasons aren't really things that make you do other things. Reasons are things …”

“And a thought spoke quietly from under that thought, there is no God. God is a …”