Quotes About Independence

All these years you have made a boy of him. But with me, he shall be a man

She stood laughing in the water. Her laughter made my backbone ripple. It had neither shame nor shamelessness; she laughed alone, please with her victory over strange monstrous things.

People who have earned no pride in themselves, are content to be proud of their cities through other men.

She stood laughing in the water. Her laughter made my backbone ripple. It had neither shame nor shamelessness; she laughed alone, pleased with her victory over strange monstrous things.

It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom.

You are a very sharp-tongued little girl," mother said, looking up at me. I am two inches taller than she is. "Unless you learn to curb yourself, there will be no parties for you, and no party dresses." This was the speach [sic] that broke the Camel's back. I could endure no more. "I think," I said, "that I shall get married and end everything." Need I explain that I had no serious intention of taking the fatal step? But it was not deliberate mendasity[sic]. It was Despair.

The trouble was that she could not see herself without money, and it seems never to have occurred to her that she could earn it.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted them to nobody; They were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices.

It's none of my business what other people think of me.

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.

She was free. Trembling, she found her voice. 'You are hateful,' she whispered. 'Am I? Good. I enjoy being hateful occasionally. Good for the manly image and all that.

If you are wise, you will never forget that your heart is yours alone. It can be the greatest gift, but never can it be commanded.

My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.

I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves.

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?

Of women I do not wish them to have power over men but over themselves.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

When we believe ourselves to be alone, we have no responsibility to this world and are answerable to no one.

So much of a child's life is lived for others. . . . All the reading I did as a child, behind closed doors, sitting on the bed while the darkness fell around me, was an act of reclamation. This and only this I did for myself. This was the way to make my life my own.

Control yourself and no one else And you will see the Truth my brother

I tried to be what you wanted me to be But you didn't want a girl you wanted MACHINE ... I can't be part of this machine I got too much heart to keep it in I can't be part of your machine I promise this is not the end