What I wanted was complete freedom […] It’s always been a dominating feeling with me. I wanted to get up in the morning and think, ‘I’ll go to Paris for the weekend.’ You can’t do that if you’re living with someone.

Bryan Magee, quoted in Jason Cowley, ‘Even in Old Age, Philosopher Bryan Magee Remains Wonder-Sruck by the Ultimate Questions’, New Statesman, April 4, 2018