格兰特（Grant）喜欢孩子 - 不可能不喜欢对恐龙如此热情的任何团体。格兰特（Grant）曾在博物馆里看着孩子们凝视着上升的大骨骼时，他们盯着他们。他想知道他们的迷恋真正代表了什么。他终于决定孩子们喜欢恐龙，因为这些巨大的生物使迫在眉睫的权威无法控制的力量。他们是象征性的父母。像父母一样令人着迷和恐惧。孩子们爱他们，因为他们爱父母。
(Grant liked kids-it was impossible not to like any group so openly enthusiastic about dinosaurs. Grant used to watch kids in museums as they stared open-mouthed at the big skeletons rising above them. He wondered what their fascination really represented. He finally decided that children liked dinosaurs because these giant creatures personified the uncontrollable force of looming authority. They were symbolic parents. Fascinating and frightening, like parents. And kids loved them, as they loved their parents.)