Ok, I've puzzled over this since I found it earlier today and I think either quote could be either person, as they don't seem in opposition. But my pure guess would be that the first one is more troubled and the second one more at peace. I interpret the first one as looking for the "lines" of what really matters, and the second one indicates he respects whatever someone has found to be his "place," since many of us undergo a major effort to find one.

I don't know that either person in the quotes needs any answers, but for some reason this reminds me of conversations Roz has with various people at brojed.org (I seem to be the main one who reads that board.) They are hard to follow sometimes, not because they aren't written well, but the whole thing people can't agree on in the first place is "what are the lines." Roz will say she finds some truths in other religions, then a Christian (lately NC) will say religions cannot all have the same degree of truth if they contradict each other and that if Roz "blends" them, she will end up with a mishmash that isn't anything. Yet she explains that (like the person who suppresses his discomfort in the example by Arcoss), she tried just submitting to faith and couldn't ignore her doubts and has nothing else to trust but her own spiritual inner judgement.