Quotes About Independence

The majority of problems on this planet are the result of the idea that humans are not sovereign and autonomous, but property owned by primitive Gods and incompetent governments.

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.

A marsh pheasant has to walk ten paces for a bite to eat and a hundred for a sip of water. But still it wouldn't want to be tamed and put into a cage. Even treated like a king, it could never be happy and content.

You know why my wheelchair doesn't have handles, Grayson? I don't like to be pushed.

I have to find another path. Divine my own future. One uniquely mine. Not a page from someone else's book. Not a fate that begins and ends on page one.

I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist.

I'm a certified bad-ass indestructible bitch. The sun tries to burn me, I'll kick him in his fiery balls. I don't need no stinking suntan lotion.

once, if you told people you were self-published, they'd look at you like you were a smelly old jobless hobo just come off a dusty boxcar with soupcan shoes and a hat made from a coyote skull.

Our thoughts are free.

Con el tiempo y con los retos de mi vida me di cuenta de que lo que piensa la gente no me interesa, o que al menos puedo fingir que no me interesa y puedo hacer que la gente crea que soy autosuficiente. Lo cierto es que me interesa por demás de la línea de lo normal o esperado.

Soy la mujer a cargo de la niña que fui y esta mujer hoy dice basta.

But I don't want your throne." "Then what do you want?" "You.

The answer is no, I would rather marry the Demon King himself than marry you. I suggest you look elsewhere for a bride. And heaven help the one you choose.

He expects nothing, she thought, because he's never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would be.

But adulthood slipped up on you, she thought. It was forced on you whether you liked it or not.

Like a stand of lodgepole pines in a gale Raisa's followers all went down leaving her standing alone....There's no shelter for me not from any of this. I'll stand alone the rest of my life. THE GRAY WOLF THRONE p. 163

At least I fight my own battles, Alister,' Micah said. 'Really? And exactly why did you go cackling to the dean?

Sometimes you have to get away to remember who you are. Believe in yourself, Lyss. You're strong and smart enough to do this job. Never let anyone tell you different.

Truth be told, Raisa had no intention of marrying anyone any time soon. Her mother was young—she would rule for many years yet, so there was no need to rush into the confinement of marriage.

Leesha knew from experience that when parents don't parent, kids grow up fast.

Take charge of the horse you're riding before you try to rein in someone else's, Elena Demonai always said. And make sure you have a good seat before you do.

Was death the price of freedom?

Sneaking in and out of places was a skill that Han had mastered at a young age. All his life, people had been trying to keep him inside places he didn't want to be, or out of places he needed to get into.