“I want to be cut off from people like Marloe. Being a real person oneself is a matter of setting up limits and drawing lines and saying no. I don't want to be a nebulous bit of ectoplasm straying around in other people's lives. That sort of vague sympathy with everybody precludes any real understanding of anybody . . . And it precludes any real loyalty to anybody.” UnderstandingRelationshipsLoyaltyBoundariesIris MurdochLonerThe Black PrinceDiscerningSetting Limits Book:The Black Prince Source: The Black Prince