Quotes About Independence

Dressed up sharply, Seyit kissed his mother's hand, stepped down the stairs and ventured forth to become a rich man. After he had left, Dirmit spread out her books on top of the sewing machine and started to study.

Live your own life, for you will die your own death.

I think I would rather have a cat than a sweetheart, after all. They are less trouble, and even the handsomest sweetheart is sadly lacking in fur.

on the morning of the best day of her life, Maude Flynn was locked in the outhouse singing 'the Battle Hymn of the Republic

If I had books, if I could scrape together an education, I'd have a future, whether any man ever asked me to marry him or not.

I'm not a feather to be tossed about.

He could not breathe freely unless the land spread open in front of him. There were no awkward questions, no uncomfortable demands here, only the sky and the soil and the steady beat of hooves and heart in tandem.

Estoy cansada de sentirme mal, cansada de defenderlo o justiciar su comportamiento porque su madre lo abandonó, cansada de necesitar un chico para ser feliz, cansada de este estúpido apodo de Sabbie, simplemente cansada. Quiero ser feliz sola. Quiero divertirme. Quiero ser segura de nuevo y superarlo. Seguir adelante.

Right now I don't want to think about Ali's future, the football games and parties she'll be going to without me, the people she'll meet that I won't even know. There's a

The only reason I'm getting glasses at all is because Mom and Dad didn't give me a choice. Otherwise, I'd be perfectly content to walk around in a blurry haze for the rest of my life.

My husband is smart enough to notice me trying to control him like I'm his boss or his mother—instead of his lover—no matter how clever my wording.

Men come and go. The only thing a woman has that no one can take away is her opinion of herself.

Freedom, I am beginning to realize, means not even being aware you're free.

America is all about freedom of choice.

My feelings are my own responsibility. I don't see what trust has to do with it. I can't go around handing them off to other people.

May you realize your own freedom.

London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.

I believe and have heard from many people that one of the hardest asks anyone can make is to ask for help. When you do that, your request can make people feel helpless, out of control, less than, or irresponsible. We have the tendency to judge ourselves by looking around and seeing and hearing other people coping with life just fine without asking for help.

Ahora tú debes decidir si seguirás siendo una oyente o, por el contrario, saldrás en busca de tu propia historia.

Cuando una mujer debe suplicar a un hombre que no se vaya es porque él no tiene interés en quedarse a su lado.

Ahora tu debes decidir si seguirás siendo una oyente, o, por el contrario, saldrás en busca de tu propia historia. Oki

Así que ahora soy una chica casi civilizada. Ya tengo Visa y teléfono móvil. ¿Qué será lo próximo? ¿Ropa chula hiperceñida? ¿Un coche? ¿Novio?

No se puede someter al viento del desierto. Tampoco se puede detener a una mujer que ya ha elegido un hombre." Jeque al-Harit.

aunque cada camino llevase a un sitio distinto, cada ser humano era libre para decidir cuál escoger, para volver atrás o, incluso, para abrir su propio camino.