I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.

The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

宇宙是一顿免费的午餐。