No – the stars are close and dear and I have joined the brotherhood of the worlds. And everything’s holy – everything, even me.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 23. The anonymous drunken migrant worker trying to escape his pain ends with this awareness of his own holiness. Far from believing that he is committing wrong, he feels a kinship and connection with the universe. This reflects the "Over-Soul" idea of Emerson that we are all united as part of the one great soul.