Quotes About Independence

People called Mom that a lot, probably because she had a hard time holding her tongue and could be brutally blunt when she disagreed with you. She'd explode like a thunderstorm, and then be fine again. Anyhow, she didn't care that people called her a bitch. "It's just another word for feminist," she told me with pride.

I'd wish you luck, Willem, but I think you need to stop relying on that

Petite, je n'ai jamais eu conscience d'être soutenue, car j'ignorais l'impression que cela faisait de ne pas l'être.

If I stay. If I live. It's up to me.

I love that you're fragile and tough, quiet and kick-ass. Hell, you're one of the punkest girls I know, no matter who you listen to or what you wear.

I was tired of being in the charge of cruel and clueless adults. The world was upside down. The adults had abandoned their roles. They'd surrounded themselves in a cocoon of ignorance--and then told us we were screwed up. We couldn't trust them anymore. There was nobody out there watching out for us, taking care of us. We had to look out for ourselves.

But now here I am: No money. No place to stay. It should be my worst nightmare. But I don't care. It's funny the things you think you're scared of until they're upon you, and then you're not.

She says this like people are constantly knocking down our door for a nice, dry, warm place to stay, when, in fact, we are the strays.

I think any personality fits this role (developer advocate), but I would classify the ideal person as someone who is able to create things without anybody telling them what to do. I think that is crucial. - Bruno Borges

Once you've got women and a border, a story can write itself. Even women on their own are enough. Women are stories in themselves, full of stirrings and whisperings that float on the wind, that bend with each blade of grass.

If I was not able to control my social world I could at least begin to coordinate the movement of my own body.

Men. One minute they have their tongues down your throat and the next they're forbidding you from meeting your own father and criticizing your fashion choices.

Instead, I pulled out my cell and dialed the one person any independent, competent adult calls when a true crisis hits. Mommy.

There are two kinds of people,' she'd said. 'Those who coast through life like ducks in a row, following one after the other, and those who ride the waves.'" Tears spilled down my cheeks, and my voice cracked. "'Ride the waves, baby, and live. Live.

But allow Riley to boss him around? Multiply "hell, no" by "dream on" and divide by "suck it," and the answer was "the wolf could bite the big one.

So what. He was made of awesome. Anyone who couldn't see that wasn't smart enough to be with him, anyway.

I'd stood my ground against him. I wasn't going to jump when he said jump. I was more likely to give him the finger.

I remind myself that I'm no longer a damsel in distress. I can think this through. What I can't do? Base my decision on fear. Because, while I might be free to make my choice right now, I'll never be free from the consequences of that choice

Yeah, I understand. That doesn't mean I'll obey" - Bianka

Leave it to the woman to save the day—and the mansel in distress.

He'd gone total alpha. He'd decided, and he expected Sunny to fall into line. What he failed to realize? She was an alpha, too. "No problem. Let's say our goodbyes, and part ways, since I can't be of use to you." "We do not part," he snarled. Four words. Individually, they meant nothing. Together, uttered by William the Ever Randy, they rocked her world.

My momma says we don't need a man to do our chores for us, 'cause we are smart and capable and I believe her even though Sara's mom says men were born to be our slaves, we just have to know how to manage them.

Voglio una stanza tutta per me.» «No.» «No e basta?» «Esatto: tu resti qui.» Le parole con me non vennero pronunciate, ma erano sottintese. «Non ho vissuto a lungo a Budapest e non ho passato molto tempo in questa camera, ma è mia.» Come lo sei tu. Anche questo era sottinteso.

Non sono una dei tuoi uomini; non puoi darmi ordini» si ribellò Gwen. «Se fossi una dei miei uomini, in questo momento mi vergognerei dei miei pensieri.»