他臨終前她如釋重負，相信上帝庇佑他，而他隻看到他如他一般的悲哀，好讓孩子們如她一般放心。
不同時不同人，同一地同一讨論，不同答案不同抉擇。冷漠沉悶的叙述以下，往昔的歡愉是黯然的，洶湧的情緒是收斂的，嘉年華的狂歡看來卻是冷冷的色彩。想到《莫裡斯》的讀書時光，想到《窄門》的宗教束縛。
意外的與這個家庭産生的聯系，玩笑般地形容母親現實卻比玩笑殘酷的多。母親的堅持與信念，母親的無力。塞巴斯蒂安的堅持與妥協，塞巴斯蒂安的逃跑與歸宿。父親和雷克斯的堅持與妥協要勝過塞巴斯蒂安，而兩個女孩似乎已經接受了這份信仰。演員都演得太好了。
——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."
