When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.

Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things-though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside.

That's sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. It gets harder and harder to find something...real." Nin interlocked his fingers, and stretched out his arms. "Real love, real friends, real body parts...

What's the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you're so ugly on the inside?

Please, touch me, I pray.

It's weird, marriage. It's like this license that gives a person the legal right to control their spouse / their 'other half.

Follow your heart, Ithilnin," Albirich repeated. "Time is precious. Don't waste it living someone else's life.