Quotes About Independence

You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody else too much, I know.

Who's he going to outwit?" Sophia asked. "Relatives." Grandmother said. "Nasty relatives. They tell him what to do without asking him what he wants, and so there's nothing at all he really does want.

He just wants to be left alone, but he doesn't know it yet.

Of course you have to feel free. Naturally you must go away. I do understand that you have to be alone sometimes. (Moomintroll to Snufkin)

Ifall det är någon som inte vet vad pensionerad betyder så är det att man får göra precis vad man har lust till i frid och ro när man har blivit tillräckligt gammal. Åtminstone hade hemulens släktingar förklarat det så.

een spannende gedachte begon vorm te krijgen; de mogelijkheid om alleen te zijn, helemaal in je eentje, in alle rust en vol verwachting, bijna een soort dwaasheid die je je kunt permitteren wanneer je gezegend bent met liefde.

She was tired and in no mood for anyone's similes but her own.

You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out who I was on my own. My mom is one of the greatest moms and so supportive of all my siblings and of all of us being who we are, and not who she wanted us to be.

I think it's important that folks feel useful and know the value of working. We do no good to any man by giving him everything." "I agree. I saw the damage done

So tell me more about Miss Hannah. Is she your gal?" Tyler asked. "Hardly. She's no one's gal that I can see. She's her own woman through and through." Tyler laughed. "I haven't seen anyone so pretty since leavin' to join up.

Merrill Krause - "My brothers have scared off just about any fellow who showed interest in getting to know me." Granny Lassiter - "Well, if a man can't stand up to those brothers of yours, you needn't even consider him. A man ought to be able to hold his own with his wife's family.

To give herself a measure of credible autonomy, she had decided to invent a husband. Then, in a subsequent flash of inspiration, she had just as quickly killed him off.

It isn't a choice when you don't have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn't mean the same thing when it's the only answer you're allowed.

When her father had taught her to fly, he hadn't expected her to take to it so strongly. She knew this because he'd told her as much. He wanted her to be serious and concentrate on her schooling. Focus on being a duster for his groves. The fancy flying, the dips and twists and turns . . . it had never been important to anyone but her. And maybe Calix, who knew how much she loved being in the sky.

Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun

one must walk a fine line between responding and rescuing. A baby whose parents respond becomes a secure child who's not afraid to venture forth. A baby whose parents continually rescue begins to doubt his own capabilities and never develops the strength and skills he needs to explore his world or to feel comfortable in it.

Make it a house rule that your toddler has to knock on your door. Model this yourself when you go into her room.

We want so much, When perhaps we live best In the spaces between loves, That unconscious roving, The heart its own rough animal. Unfettered.

Once upon a time, a woman told this to her daughter: Save yourself. The girl didn't think to ask for what? She looked into her mother's face and answered Yes. Years later, alone in the room where she lives The daughter listens to the life she's been saved from: Evening patter. Summer laughter. Young bodies Racing into the unmitigated happiness of danger.

Why Do we insist our lives are ours?

I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are on your own. Maybe I'm tired, I need a nap. You are mature. Why don't you look after yourselves?' And I think He's been sleeping too much.

Don't be second place to anybody. Don't be that fallback person who's always there. Once there's someone else in your place, leave. You are not an option.

My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.