Quotes About Independence

No one teaches girls how to take care of themselves. We train them to be pretty and kind and polite right before we set them loose in a world filled with wolves. Then we act surprised and horrified when some of them get eaten.

China has no such economic necessity. Its economy can grow well, even without American investments.

Psychologically, Japanese women depend largely on each other. In their sex-segregated society, they could be criticized for living in a female ghetto, and yet they have what some American feminists are trying to build, a "women's culture" with its own customs, values and even language.

I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post ' I remained an admirer.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

He who has an opinion of his own, but depends on the opinion and tastes of others is a slave.

Whatever you say or do, nobody's going to recognize the Kingdom of Quintessential Castoffs as a sovereign nation.

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

Elle était libre comme les arbres, comme les vagues du Danube, comme le vent, comme les oiseaux. Elle était Tinka, l'enfant libre d'une race libre, une race qui n'était pas enchaînée par les entrelacs de la civilisation. La seule race qui n'était pas entrée dans le creuset du monde ni devenue un composant de son alliage

No that's beside the point. I just decided to take instead of being taken. It's not a question of good or bad, wrong or right. It's just what I want to do. Mitsuko Souma

They want us scared and stupid. They want us to believe that their way is the only way.

You leave me tied up like a dog? Then you had better remember that this bitch bites!

Bernice III was the first queen of Egypt to rule without a consort in over a millennium. Though her reign was brief, her example inspired her descendant Cleopatra to rule alone.

If you don't want to have a baby, that's fine. And if you want sex on the kitchen table, you'll get it." He glared down at his wife. "But you're coming home, and you're coming home now, and I will be happy to discuss this further once you're naked and in my bed." He paused. "Or on the table." His face flushed. "And the next time you leave me, you'd better mean it, woman, because I'm not going to be treated like a doormat. Understand?

You want to be treated like an adult? Then you need to grow up.

An ass lift? At eighty-two? I plan on proudly letting my ass drag when I'm eighty-two. I sure as hell wouldn't—

Not everyone has to be in a relationship to feel good about themselves. Some people are better off on their own.

I guess I've found that I'd rather be alone than with the wrong person.

It's hard to know who you are when you've been assigned a role so young. If your identity comes from what you do for other people, who are you when you're alone?

People are, well, people, and they all have their own quirks and will do whatever they want to no matter what you would like them to do.

And you know what? You can't make me responsible for you and the choices you make." I turned around and started walking toward the house.

You're as cold as ice, Dotty. You'll end up alone if you can't thaw.

Really, I think my tippy state was a sign. I was supposed to see how much I was depending on Ben. I was supposed to realize that you can't depend on another person to provide your own balance.