Citation extraite du roman 'Les Particules élémentaires' (1998) de Michel Houellebecq, chapitre 12. Elle apparaît dans une réflexion sur la nature humaine et les limites de l'individu face aux forces biologiques et sociales.
"Where does the person end, their contours, their limits, where does what in them is much more than them begin, the pain in their voice, the innocence in their eyes?"