Quotes About Independence

Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.

That should be my epitaph when I die 'she did not have to do it'.

One benefit of being an old woman now, and moreover one who has been called a "national treasure," is that there are very few who can tell me what I may and may not write.

The lack of a husband was, for some applicants, a selling point. I imagine many of my readers are aware of the awkward position in which governesses often find themselves -- or, rather, the awkward position into which their male employers often put them, for it does no one any service to pretend this happens by some natural and inexorable process, devoid of connection with anyone's behaviour.

A widow has freedoms a wife does not. But when I look at you, I do not see obstacles for my career, I see-" My face burned even more. "I see wings. A way to fly higher and further than I can on my own.

Are a woman's wishes only fit to be considered when blessed by a male relative?

I set to work making a place for myself in Society, even if it was not the place Society intended for me.

Jeg følte mig (og føler mig stadig) ansvarlig for at have sat dem i verden, men jeg var ved at lære, at jeg under ingen omstændigheder skulle føle mig ansvarlig for deres individualitet. De var ikke mig og jeg var ikke dem. Jeg skulle lære dem at kende, ligesom de skulle lære mig at kende.

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

Don't wait until you find someone. You are someone.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the economy, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis

To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension. — Kathleen Tierney Andrews, author

The art of eliminating excuses means embracing the fact that your dreams aren't made or broken by anyone but you.

What happened in our house taught my brothers how to leave, how to walk down a sidewalk without looking back.

Accettare di non essere come gli altri, e così continuare la propria strada come si sente che sia giusto, esige in realtà una grande rettitudine e molto coraggio.

I come from a long line of madwomen, and of this I am proud.

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it—memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey. —Tad Williams

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of fear is a freedom.

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom

All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.

What your mother left undone, women who are not your mother may do. Women who are not your lover love you.

I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension.