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But it also got me thinking about how much of what she describes as the pleasures of freedom don't require singledom so much as just *not cohabiting* and maybe not doing the whole daily messaging song and dance. And living that life is possible both within and without romantic relationships, no?

And then that Rilke quote came to my mind,

"I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other. "