Quotes About Independence

What Diantha Did was first published in serialised form in Gilman's magazine The Forerunner between late 1909 and October 1910.

People thought that when you got old, you wanted your lost youth, or lost love, or men, or sex. But really you wanted work and you wanted money.

American capitalism replaced some of the old colonial capitalisms in the countries that began their independent life. But it knows that this is transitory and that there is no real security for its financial speculation in these new territories. The octopus cannot there apply its suckers firmly. The claw of the imperial eagle is trimmed. Colonialism is dead or is dying a natural death in all these places.

My marriage was breaking up, and my marriage with Chong was breaking up. I had to come back and kind of start on my own again.

I'm a good person. I eat pretty well. I work out. I go to bookstores. I save people. For a living. I have better things to do than get hauled in for a medical checkup every week. Have I complained the last few months? Constantly. Was I a good patient? No. What can I say? When your primary care provider is a shadowy government agency, you have to be your own medical advocate.

You know what hurts...? ...That you think you can actually win me back with this @#$$$**, you anachronistic piece of #$$*. Now take your hand off my ass.

Something about the way she moves through the world does not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.

Something about the way she moved through the world did not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.

You know you're a hot mess when the only person buying you drinks all night is yourself.

My feeling is, if a dog is that hard up to break free, let it go. It's like a boyfriend who wants to break up. We all know the old adage "If you set someone free, and he never comes back, then he was never yours." I understand the main fear with setting dogs loose is they could get hit by a car, but so could an ex boyfriend. That's just a chance you have to take.

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries.

I would have gone home to my mother, but I'm not that crazy about my mother.

Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not.

I only answer to two people, myself and God.

What am I supposed to do, Sit around and wait for you? Well I can't do that, And there's no turning back. I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong. Cause I've got time to think it through, And maybe I'm too good for you!

Mom, I am a rich man.

My mom said to me, 'You know, sweetheart, one day you should settle down and marry a rich man,' and I said, 'Mom, I am a rich man.

So here's the rules - keep quiet, keep close, and if we're spotted, climb like a goddamned monkey…If I get picked off, you don't come back for me. If I see you get picked off, I aint coming back for you. Life's hard. Death's easy

Boys disobey their parents with such great regularity that it's barely worth a comment; and if yours is talented enough to rebel in such grand fashion, then you ought to consider it a point of pride that he's such a sharp lad.

But at some point, a full-grown woman has to be accountable for her own self, and for the choices she's made.

I am short and plain and far too particular in my tastes to settle for any man desperate enough to pay me homage.

Have you had stretches of time where dating or serious relationships were nonexistent?

When I was finally totally secure with myself -- aware of my own strength, and making my own way -- I was of the right mindset to love and be loved in a balanced and harmonious way.

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