很难想像为何会有这样多人聚在「国家」这名字下面,为它哭泣,为它欢喜,为它高歌,甘心为它杀人或是被杀。「国家」是什么时候骑到了「人民」的头上的?就好像是国家说:「要有光」,就有了光;就好像是国家用地上的尘土造人,将生气吹在他鼻孔里,他就成了有灵的活人。
然后「国民」成为「国家」这名字的奴隶,爱国成为种不得不的「义务」。
最终,电影结束时,凯萨琳与汉娜交错念道:
We die, we die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have entered and swum up like rivers, fears we have hidden in like this wretched cave. I want all this marked on my body. We are the real countries, not the boundaries drawn on maps with names of powerful men. I know you will come and carry me out into the palace of winds, that's all I've wanted- to walk in such a place with you, with friends, on the earth without maps.