Quotes About Independence

His knowledge of his origins was Harry's strength - more than any other man I had ever known. His women were the decorations of his success; no particular woman, it seemed, was essential to him.

Everyone I looked at, their whole lives, did exactly what they were supposed to do without even questioning it, without even wondering if they could do something different.

I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom it gave me- I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it.

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

With time, when I was very old and in my twenties, I might find a man to love, not one forced upon me…

I was in a forest with no path, but people wanted me to know the way.

You know, life is a jungle and he drove through it in the Popemobile. I walked, using a hatchet to carve my way through the heard of darkness into swamps with leeches and crocodiles ... I know a hell of a lot more about that jungle than he'll ever know. I had to go through it alone and make every wrong turn until I knew it backwards and forwards and, finally, I got out alive.

I think Steve holds no interest for you because you have no idea what your role would be in the relationship. You might not have to rescue him." Then I paused and said with vehemence, "You'd be out of a job.

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.

Smart people are often too smart to take advice from others.

I was too old for my father to (be protective), too young to be flattered.

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him. —Maria Montessori

The value of your life is your own choosing,

I know this is going to come as a shock to me, but I am leaving me. Perhaps I`ll say I could not have seen this coming, but truthfully things have been wrong between me for some time. Time heals and I`m sure in time I`ll build a new life without me

The value of your life is your own choosing," Nathan

The value of your life is your own choosing," Nathan said.

You can't tell someone to pursue their dream only if it's a good match for your own. You can't dictate what dream he should pursue.

There are some things it doesn't feel good to do, but there shouldn't be things you can't do. It gives the world too much power over you.

Nothing's more dangerous than a girl,

I've practiced "alone" a lot, and I'm good at it.

what, or to whom? She'd long ago given up on any sort of God—probably while she was still a child—particularly the one forced on her by her parents. It seemed wrong to drag that relationship back into play now simply because she was afraid. It felt two-faced and selfish. She

my mouth was involved. My own voice seemed to work all on its own that morning.

If I was going to get hurt, or have a hard time, I wanted to do it all alone, with nobody looking.

This is not a sales call, Mr. Farrelly. I do people's books and taxes. I don't sell young men. Nat is a grown man. He can speak for himself. If you want to know more about him, why not ask him directly? He's sitting right over there.