Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?
In the quantum world, observing something changes it. This is not a limitation of our technology, but a fundamental property of nature.
Love is not kind or honest and does not contribute to happiness in any reliable way.