Quotes About Independence

Porque quizá así comprendas el motivo por el cual voy a pedirte que abandones el campamento y sigas con tu vida lejos de la rebelión, Viana.

Pero si alguna vez tuvo interés en gobernar a los humanos y exigir que lo adorasen como a un dios, hoy, desde luego, prefiere ir a su aire y que lo dejen tranquilo. Es una actitud que soy capaz de comprender porque se parece mucho más a mi propia forma de ser.

Detesto esa sensación de perder el control. Cuando hago algo, me gusta hacerlo porque quiero, porque lo he decidido yo; no a causa de una influencia externa.

They were alone on sixty-four million square miles of ocean. A month earlier

In Torrance, a one-boy insurgency was born.

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.

I am confused at the idea of dressing for someone else. It makes little sense to me.

But now I saw the real problem with chasing after a man. It wasn't a matter of being unseemly or socially unacceptable or not playing the game right. It was just this: if I chase him, I'll never really know if he cares enough to chase me.

It was quite settled by now. She was born to be a spinster.

Marriage is a partnership Phillip, not a feudal kingdom. Until you can accept that I have the right to dictate the course of my on life, I will not marry you. Until you can accept my wishes and my opinions are just worthy of consideration as yours, I will not marry you. Until you can accept that what I would give up to be your wife is just as important as what you offer in exchange, I will not marry you.

My mama told me from the time I was a little girl not to go chasin' after boys." She paused and gave him a wry smile. "I just wasn't very good at listenin'.

Marriage is a partnership, Phillip, not a feudal kingdom. Until you can accept that I have the right to dictate the course of my own life, I will not marry you. Until you can accept that my wishes and my opinions are just as worthy of consideration as yours, I will not marry you. Until you can accept that what I would give up to be your wife is just as important as what you offer in exchange, I will not marry you.

Like a phoenix rising from ashes, she had created a new life for herself out of the wreckage of the old one, and it suited her down to the ground. She was a duchess with no duke, a mistress with no master, and much to the bafflement of society, she liked it that way. Her life was comfortable, safe, and as predictable as a finely tuned machine, every aspect within her control.

She would continue to be mistress of her own life. She would be no victim, not of her circumstances, not of Fate, and certainly not of any man. Not ever again.

It's impossible to imagine her in thrall to anything, anyone. She calls the shots even while pretending not to. Even in motherhood, she has shown this steely control.

Maybe if you never marry a woman, she never becomes a wife.

He had sometimes thought that if she had the option to be nothing but a brain in a jar, that would be fine with her.

They didn't fuck me up, my mom and dad. On that score, I'm a self-made woman.

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

That's one thing I learned from Ray Senior. You don't owe an explanation to anybody but the Lord, and most people will stop asking if you act like you won't be telling.

Do you have a girl? Where's your girl? Where's your girl?" "She's her own girl

He preferred her barefoot, he said. She had such lovely feet. Roza didn't agree. What was lovely about feet that could not take you anywhere? What was lovely about feet that could not run?

Thinking that you can't protect the ones you love, you have to hope they're smart enough to save themselves, And hope, well. Who had any of that to spare?

Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.