Quotes About Independence

I can understand why people would want to stay on the road because you create your own bubble. You almost don't live in the real world. Just to have the things that are with you is fine.

What are you talking about, Sin? You don't want anyone to own you... Or your heart?' She laughed bitterly, and entered the Harrowgate. 'I don't have a heart for anyone to take.

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do.

I finally stopped complaining about 'Why isn't everybody else making me what I want to be?' You can't rely solely on your agent or your managers to educate people as to who you are.

You've been captive for so long that you don't even realize you want freedom anymore.

Freedom or community, community or freedom. One must decide the way one wants to live. I chose community.

The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.

I just go at my own pace and I like control of the TV and I like to decide when I take a shower and wash the dishes and stuff like that. So I don't know who would want to live with me to be honest!

I'm not sure I ever want to get married.

Mothers love you to the end, and she didn't want to hold me back from my livelihood. So I left for a month and called her every couple of days. I came home and she died 24 hours later.

I like someone who can take the reins, who knows what they want and is strong with me.

I never thought I could travel unless I had a wife or someone to share it with. You don't necessarily need that, but I am the type of person that wants to share a lot.

I think thinking for yourself is such a hard thing to do, because you just want to fit in in high school. So being comfortable with who you are is such a massive thing for a lot of people.

I run after her, not really giving chase. I'm running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.

I wish to live for myself. I should never want to be trapped.

I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.

If everyting's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!" (Jonas) "It's the choosing that's imortant, isn't it?" The Giver asked him.

I don't care if I'm a fish, I still want a bicycle.

One thing I've often thought is that I never want to tell anybody else what to do. It's hard enough to figure out what I want to do.

People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them.

I don't pray. When I was young, I vowed I never would be caught begging God. If I want something I get it for myself. I go to church only to show the old hens they don't get me down.

To be honest, I'm not that good at staying friends. I like to move on after a relationship ends. If I break up with somebody, I don't want to see her or hear from her.

Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating.