“Because … because …” I sucked in breath. “Because while I agree with you in almost every possible respect, about everything – Perfection, loneliness, freedom, power, choice – practically everything – I think there has to be a place where it stops. I think there has to be a moment when you turn round and permit yourself to be defined by the world that surrounds you. I am free. I choose to honour the freedom of those who live around me. I choose to honour them. I think your freedom does not do that.”
