Quotes About Independence

I'm just as bad at following orders from men.

People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.

You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.

You dont know your wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.

You don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day

Someday, of course, she would light out on her own, following her own riverbed, and though we'd follow as long as she allowed, and though we trusted she'd come and go from our lives with regularity, she would also be a half memory [...]

No one in my family questions my desire, however inchoate or ineffable, because it's partly their desire too: this need to be self-sufficient and free at all costs.

That's the mark of a good office. The people who do the work get on with it without bothering to tell the boss.

I'm doing this for me. If I don't become as successful as you all think I would be or should be and you think it tarnishes my career, then that's your own opinion. I'm doing this because I want to come back and I enjoy being in the pool and I enjoy being in the sport of swimming.

The thing about New York is you can leave your house without a plan and find the day. You can't do that in Los Angeles. You need to get in your car, all this, you can't just drive around like a lunatic. In New York, you can literally walk outside, and wind up anywhere.

There are several tasks that humans cannot manage on their own. As their caretakers, it becomes incumbent upon cats to assist whenever humans attempt these activities: writing letters; doing homework; paying bills; typing on keyboards; ironing or folding clothes; making beds; unpacking anything that comes in a box; hanging holiday decorations; and unloading groceries. With all of these tasks, it is the cat's obligation to be in the middle of the job — the sooner the better.

Dear Woman, Sometimes you'll just be too much woman. Too smart, Too beautiful, Too strong. Too much of something that makes a man feel like less of a man, Which will make you feel like you have to be less of a woman. The biggest mistake you can make Is removing jewels from your crown To make it easier for a man to carry. When this happens, I need you to understand You do not need a smaller crown— You need a man with bigger hands.

THE MORE SHE FOUND HERSELF, THE LESS SHE FELT THE NEED TO FIND A MAN THAT MADE HER FEEL LIKE SHE WAS WORTHY. A MAN'S JOB IS NOT TO GIVE A WOMAN HER CROWN. IT IS ONLY THEIR JOB TO RESPECT IT. (Sign)

THE MORE SHE FOUND HERSELF, THE LESS SHE FELT THE NEED TO FIND A MAN THAT MADE HER FEEL LIKE SHE WAS WORTHY. A MAN'S JOB IS NOT TO GIVE A WOMAN HER CROWN. IT IS ONLY THEIR JOB TO RESPECT IT.

Girls are funny. If they fall for you, they do what they want—their mothers be damned.

Tell me, storyteller, what is the greatest mistake a parent can make? -To believe that your children will be just like you

Do you know the greatest gift a parent can give to a child?" she asked, looking around the room. No one answered. "Independence. To allow them go out into the world and make their own decisions, travel their own paths.

It is better to exist unknown to the law.

The Age of Reason, then, was the age when humanity was born again, not from original sin, but from original ignorance and dependence on authority and superstition. Never again should we allow ourselves to be the intellectual slaves of those who would bind our minds with the chains of dogma and authority. In its stead we use reason and science as the arbiters of truth and knowledge.

my hope is that whatever it is you decide to believe about whatever subject, you have thought through carefully each of those beliefs and at least tried to make sure that they are your beliefs and not those of your parents. It matters less to me what your specific beliefs are than that you have carefully arrived at your beliefs through reason and evidence and thoughtful reflection.

It won't suck itself - Arisen Book 9 - Allie

When did being single become a disease?

I didn't ask to be saved

They're the ones who screwed everything up. Not me. I didn't ask to be saved