Whoever says that they love others very much and little themselves is simply lying about one of the two: either about loving others very much, or about not loving themselves very much.

It hasn't been long since I began to understand the true value of help and the importance of being selfish. Since then, I say: “I am so, so selfish that I will try to help only because it gives me joy. I will do it because I want to, and because it pleases me. I will do it for me, not for you, so you owe me nothing.”

A chance encounter of H.B. with an unknown woman who captures his interest leads to a long dialogue and a continuous play with the abstract concepts of fear, appreciation, self-esteem, terror, value, egocentrism, selfishness, and many others, which the Argentine doctor enjoys overturning and redefining.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]