他临终前她如释重负，相信上帝庇佑他，而他只看到他如他一般的悲哀，好让孩子们如她一般放心。
不同时不同人，同一地同一讨论，不同答案不同抉择。冷漠沉闷的叙述以下，往昔的欢愉是黯然的，汹涌的情绪是收敛的，嘉年华的狂欢看来却是冷冷的色彩。想到《莫里斯》的读书时光，想到《窄门》的宗教束缚。
意外的与这个家庭产生的联系，玩笑般地形容母亲现实却比玩笑残酷的多。母亲的坚持与信念，母亲的无力。塞巴斯蒂安的坚持与妥协，塞巴斯蒂安的逃跑与归宿。父亲和雷克斯的坚持与妥协要胜过塞巴斯蒂安，而两个女孩似乎已经接受了这份信仰。演员都演得太好了。
——If only it could be like this always, always summer, always alone, fruits always ripe.
——"Tell me, I'm curious. Since, as you claim, you have no religion, what do you imagine you are doing on this earth?"
"Living my life, the same as you."
"But without faith, what could your purpose possibly be?"
"I want to look back and say that I was alive. That I didn't turn back, that I tried. That I was happy."
"Happiness in this life is irrelevant. All that matters, the only thing of consequence, is the life hereafter."