Nature abhors a vacuum, and I don’t like it much either. - Robert Sheckley

Sven had the sensation of discovering a new world, a world no civilized man had ever encountered. He was amazed to discover that weirder customs could be found on Earth than anywhere else in the galaxy.

This is a shopping mall," the Professor said. "At one time it was the central artifact of American life. It was to the Americans what the atrium was to the Romans or the plaza to the Spaniards, the great place of assemblage where one comes and ritually buys food and tries to arrange romantic assignations with attractive members of the preferred sex, whichever that might be.

You must remember," the doctor said, "Society must be protected against the individual."
"Yes," Feerman said drowsily, "but who is to protect the individual against society?