“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”

“Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crimeif only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something morewas more revitalizing than the cheap thrills o...”

“Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material thingsthough he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed ...”

“Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more—was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills...”

“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...”

“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 bo...”

“HOW do you define a word without concrete meaning? To each his own, the saying goes, soWHYpush to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree isWHERE you want to be? Faultle...”

“When she thinks of the toxins built up inside of her from so many years of eating carelessly, of the resentment that has grown steadily over fifteen years of marriage, of the stretch marks and the ...”

“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathingthey are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would nev...”

“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”

“Mortal has not been a habitable place for a long time. We have been trying to survive patching it but one day it will break completely. Twinmortal is the future for all of us. You will achieve that...”

“That's how we should celebrate all birthdays... with an ass-kicking.”

“It is better to seek spirituality than materialism.”

“....I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotiaby the dog they would, if they had been moved only by their own idea of what was bes...”

“Eyes blinded by the fog of thingscannot see truth.Ears deafened by the din of thingscannot hear truth.Brains bewildered by the whirl of thingscannot think truth.Hearts deadened by the weight of thi...”