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Quotes About Independence

So I lived alone. The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally.
~ Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Hermits have no peer pressure.
~ Steven Wright
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.
~ Thomas B. Macaulay
I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
~ Walt Whitman
If everybody's thinking the same thing, then nobody's thinking.
~ George S. Patton
You don't ever ask a barber whether you need a haircut.
~ Warren Buffett
In the future if my mother tries to shame me with her disapproval, I will let her know in no uncertain terms that I reject her and all of her codependent baggage. I am Codependent No More.
~ Susan Juby, Alice, I Think
Girls, if a boy says something that isn't funny, you don't have to laugh.
~ Amy Poehler
Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta.
~ Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
Horseman. I know you were born back when women were thought of as little more than brood mares and slaves, but it's the twenty-first century, and we can do anything a man does.
~ Larissa Ione, Immortal Rider
Civilization is vastly overrated.
~ Patricia Briggs, On the Prowl
Rule number 2 - don't listen to me!" Arriane laughed, "I'm certifiably insane!
~ Lauren Kate
I have a computer, a vibrator, and pizza delivery. Why should I leave the house? " - Tabitha
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary
~ Sarah MacLean, The Season
When I left home, my mum said "Don't forget to write", I thought, "That's unlikely"... It's a basic skill isn't it.
~ Tim Vine
One good thing about being locked in a cage: No responsibility!
~ Kristen Schaal
'I will not stand for being called a woman in my own house' she said.
~ Evelyn Waugh
I will not bond. I will not share. I refuse to nurture.
~ Denis Leary
I was an only child, eventually.
~ Steven Wright
This shed does not contain me.
~ Bill Bailey
Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself.
~ George W. Bush
Never try to out-stubborn a cat.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
The world would probably be better if people were put in carriers and cats roamed free.
~ Mary Matthews, Splendid Summer
She hadn't just drunk the Salvation Kool-Aid - she'd started to brew her own.
~ Avery Flynn, Enemies on Tap