Quotes About Independence

Blood didn't tell. DNA didn't make us. We made ourselves, if we had any guts we made ourselves.

Magick isn't every answer. A body must know how to fend for himself without it as well. A gift should never be squandered on what you can do with your wit and your hands or your back.

given her a suitcase and a motel room in countless cities. She'd made her choice. After ten years he discovered

when she should have known it was something she had to find for herself.

She smiled sweetly and yanked open the door. "Kiss my ass, Skimmerhorn." "I've thought of it," he murmured. "I have thought of it.

She left the house and climbed into her pickup, telling herself she would handle whatever needed to be handled.

It was a concept that dazzled her. Doing what she wanted when she wanted, at her own pace and in her own way.

You're a good girl, Jude, but you don't have to be good all the time.

She was, at sixteen years, eight months and twenty-one days, a product of her mother's meticulous and detailed agenda. That was about to change.

Put something on, Tyler ordered. And lock the doors. I'll check it out. No, you won't. She was already marching to her closet. We'll check it out. Nobody pushes me around, she said as she dragged on a sweater and pants. Nobody.

Thanking someone for where your life ended up is the same as blaming them for it. We're all responsible for ourselves.

Era a única coisa que sempre tivera; e tendo, precisava; e precisando, tinha medo de perder.

We knew he was taking an adventure, and we gave him the room. If we hadn't, he'd've found a way around it. Birds have to fledge. You can't stop it, no matter how much you want to keep them safe in the nest." Brian O'Dell The Hollow

Fitzgerald could take care of herself. Chapter 3 For the third morning in a row, Maggie was awakened by the sound of men and machinery outside her windows.

If you're going to have your own, you have to know how to run a business.

No, he didn't want to tame her any more than he wanted to tame the land. But by God, it was time for acceptance, on both sides.

Just let me get my suitcase." "Women

And she so desperately wanted to be held, soothed, to be promised that her world would snap back into focus again at any moment. But she needed to stand on her own. She could only hope she was the kind of woman who stood on her own feet and faced her own problems.

He wasn't for her, and she knew it... She wasn't even sure she wanted anybody to be for her—right now, anyway.

Além disso, sei tomar conta de mim. - Porque será que as mulheres dizem sempre isso depois de se meterem numa grande alhada? - Porque os homens vêm sempre atrás delas a tornar as coisas piores.

You have all you need. A home, children, work that satisfies you. What do you need with a man?

She sighed and put on a good sulk. Actually, she had no desire to get her nose pierced but she did want a third piercing in her left earlobe. Working down to it, or over to it, from the nose was good strategy. The kind, she thought, her father would appreciate if he knew about it. It's my body. Not until you're eighteen, it's not. Until that happy day, it's mine. Go nag your brother. I can't. I'm not speaking to him. She rolled onto her back on her father's

Then you'd best get started." Millie eyed the birds, rubbing her hands together. "All right, ladies, let's boot the men along and get started ourselves." They had their feast, a happy family group, roasted wild pheasant seasoned with tarragon, stuffed with oranges, apples, shallots, and

His ex-wife dumped him and the kids. Sophia's gaze lifted from the wine she held, met his. Dumped? Yeah, decided there was a big old world out there, and she was entitled to it. Couldn't explore it or herself with a couple of kids and a husband hanging on. So she left. How do you know this? Maddy talks to me.