Ultimately what both sexes need, I think, is a cultural message that it’s okay to depend on each other. We should depend on our partners—to stay, to be faithful, to give support. And from that we can be more independent. Long-term relationships shouldn’t be about losing yourself, but becoming more of who you are.

— Freya India in N.S. Lyons, The Self and the Soul: A Dialogue with Freya India , The Upheaval, 2024