Quotes About Independence

I like being single," Eva continued quietly. "I don't want anyone to have to really see me.

And I remember that I'm not lonely. I'm alone. When I'm comatose from writing and mothering, when I'm hurting too badly to cook, talk, or smile, I curl up with 'alone' like a security blanket. Alone doesn't care that I don't shave my legs in the winter. Alone never gets disappointed by me." Eva sighed. "It's the best relationship I've ever been in.

Go 'head and judge me, miss. I fear nothing but the pitiless gaze of the Almighty. You could be Mommie Dearest or Clair Huxtable—don't matter what kind of mother you are; daughters always blame moms for every mess they make.

So instead of writing about Gia, a witch who uses her powers to fight for a man, I'm fighting for myself.

I just won't fold myself up tiny so as not to put off no man.

Men don't define our journey. It's about honoring our queendom. Vibrating at our divine plane.

No one's coming to save you. You have to do it.

No one will deny me this—the least of all you, you mean-girl midget. Fuck you if you think I'm staying away from him.

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

Grown women knew better than to attach themselves to time bombs. Teenage girls couldn't wait to be ruined.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

It's like training dogs. You want the dog to obey you, but you can't have real respect for a dog that always obeys you. You want a dog that occasionally goes over the wall or bites the postman without your permission; you want to be reminded that you command a subdued yet wild animal, not a crawler. A man should be strong enough to kill you with his bare hands.

If you want me you're going to have to come and get me.

He called me an asshole and said, "I'll bury you!" like some comic book villain. I wanted to fucking scream my head off—I'm not your toy! Your puppet! Your whore! I'm a human goddamn being and I expect to be treated as such! Instead I told him I didn't want to be buried, I want to be cremated. And I want my ashes stored in a disco ball he can hang over his desk.

I heard a voice in my head. It said: I would rather be alone than ever be my mother. I will leave before I am left.

I was alone. In ways people aren't supposed to be alone. And sure, I could've stayed where I was, continued working my nowhere job, living in my nowhere apartment, eventually marry some nowhere man, have a few kids and anesthetize myself with provincial monotony like most of my peers had done, and before I knew it I'd be six feet under. I wanted more. And I had hope.

For what it's worth, I don't go out of my way to be difficult. I just want to sleep with a clear conscience and wake up with the ability to look at myself in the mirror. I also want my life to be my own. Even if it's a shitty goddamn life, it's still mine.

Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

Only help her to know—help make it so there is cause for her to know—that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron.

She might not be as beautiful, or as smart or as rich as all the rest of them. But she had her pride

From now on, I'll have to be my own rock. Rebuild my own life. Start afresh. I've done it before, and I'll do it

I understand loving someone, but not losing yourself to that degree. It's not healthy.

From now on, I'll have to be my own rock. Rebuild my own life. Start afresh. I've done it before, and I'll do it again.