“Hypocrites get offended by the truth.”

“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…”

“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.”

“Alice is fictional. This isn't.”

“My inner goddess confirms that staring at a beautiful/rich/powerful face is the basis of True Love.”

“Because I want to have sex with him--and because that's sinful--I'm blushing and flushing furiously under his scrutinizing scrutiny.”

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