“Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.”

“Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works.”

“Many Buddhist temple priests regard their parishioners as possessions and fear their departure as a diminishing of assets.”

“At the end of life death is a departure; but at life's beginning a departure is death.”

“Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return.”

“When people say the word "convention," they are usually referring to large gatherings of the employees of companies and corporations who attend a mass assembly, usually in a big hotel somewhere, for the purpose of pretending to learn stuff when they are in fact enjoying a free trip somewhere, time off work, and the opportunity to flirt with strangers, drink, and otherwise indulge themselves. The first major difference between a business convention and a fan-dom convention is that fandom doesn’t bother with the pretenses. They’re just there to have a good time. The second difference is the dress code— the ensembles at a fan convention tend to be considerably more novel.”