"Susan, who is four years younger than me, thinks we live in a
selfish age. She talks of a Thatcherism of the soul that imagines that
people are not dependent on one another. In love, these days, it is a
free market; browse and buy, pick and choose, rent and reject, as you
like. There's no sexual and social security; everyone has to take care
of themselves, or not. Fulfillment, self-expression and 'creativity' are
the only values."
Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy.
