Kristen Kosmas, as quoted in Inga Muscio’s ‘Cunt’

“In Letters to a Young Poet, Rilke says, “The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.” That’s what I want. For other people to love each other without having to partake in them, to possess them, to allow them to be their own inside their solitude, to protect that. I wish people respected each other’s aloneness. I wish I could write something very beautiful and erotic without worrying about people wanting to use me to fulfill some fantasy - which I have no control over, and often, has nothing to do with me - inside themselves.”