Literature
Final Fantasy VIII: Everlong
It constantly amazes me how much I took for granted in the realm of human relationships, of the simple little things I overlooked whilst searching for some higher purpose, a larger calling. A sigh, a caress, a look, a whisper, a smile. I didn't really understand these things, they had no place in my world, pushed out by such weighty matters as the best way to explain the symbiotic nature of the partnership between Guardian Forces and their masters, or the history of the development of Para-Magic.
I think it was because I was afraid to be human. That to experience such things would leave me weakened, vulnerable. I couldn't afford such a thing