Short-cuts are sometimes the long way around. Thanks is a great reward - especially when accompanied by a fat check. Friends are joined by strings of the heart and mind, not the sounds of words. Reality tends to remain itself, despite the ways it is described. Virtual roses don't smell, but they don't stick you with thorns either.
Love makes no commitments, for love knows no rules.
Dedication to humanity need not be altruistic, but a means of survival. Knowledge comes in many shapes and sizes. We buy the truths that fit. The hand that caresses can also slap. The ability to anchor yourself in reality, allows you to sail to your dreams.