而且，当我看着林肯与所见所有的关系逐步了解时，我理解了一些东西：生活的基础不是贪婪的存在，而不是任何形式的欲望。这是恐惧，我在这里看到的恐惧。甚至不惧怕：更糟。绝对恐惧。瘫痪的恐惧是如此之大，以至于产生冷漠。
(And, as I watched the Lincoln come by degrees to a relationship with what it saw, I understood something: the basis of life is not a greed to exist, not a desire of any kind. It's fear, the fear which I saw here. And not even fear: much worse. Absolute dread. Paralyzing dread so great as to produce apathy.)