"No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand foxes. But I h… - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

No one has tamed you and you haven't tamed anyone.You're the way my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I've made him my friend, and now he's the only fox in the world.

The Little Prince : What are you doing there?
The Tippler : I am drinking.

The Little Prince : Why are you drinking?
The Tippler : So that I may forget.

The Little Prince : Forget what?
The Tippler : Forget that I am ashamed.

The Little Prince : Ashamed of what?
The Tippler : Ashamed of drinking!

What have you come to Earth for?'
'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said.
'Ah!' said the snake.
And they were both silent.

When we work merely for material gain, we build our own prison. We enclose ourselves in isolation; our coins turn to ashes and buy nothing worth living for.