在关于死后生命的故事中，灵魂经常漂浮在告别时刻上方，盘旋在高速公路事故的警车上，或像蜘蛛一样紧贴医院房间的天花板。这些人因某种原因获得了第二次机会，以某种原因恢复了自己在世界上的地位。
(In stories about life after death, the soul often floats above the good-bye moment, hovering over police cars at highway accidents, or clinging like a spider to hospital-room ceilings. These are people who receive a second chance, who somehow, for some reason, resume their place in the world.)