Quotes About Independence

Jane Austen] knew that it was better to remain a spinster, with a limited income and no permanent home, than to marry without the deepest emotional attachment.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favour of matrimony.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

If you have been a slave all your life, used to being ordered about and abused from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep, it's impossible to adjust to normal life overnight. I had never been free to make my own decisions before and had no idea how to do it. I was like a bird that has been bred in captivity suddenly being released into the wild: I fell apart.

she wants her own version of fulfilment. And I want that for her too.

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.

Jules says there are three things that make you a grown-up: an eight-piece set of matching dishes; gin, vodka and whiskey in the house; and making your bed every morning. I disagree with her. I think you're officially a grown-up when you've got another half. When you don't have to live in fear of other couples. When you don't have to feel you're not good enough.

When I'm single, I'm this fabulous, independent, confident woman, and then I get involved with one disastrous man after another and I turn into this needy, insecure, fearful girl who becomes frightened of her own shadow.

Every time we try and get it together, something happens to pull us apart, and I can't help but feel that this is just isn't meant to be. And God knows I'm happy enough on my own, but tell me, is this how am I supposed to carry on?

Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me glorious - friendship and learning.

Refusing help of others can be seen as stoic and stubborn, and condescending too. And sometimes makes the life of those who would help you more difficult. You could ease their days by letting them make sure you're thriving.

Here I am, alone again, alone but not completely by myself, alone without the freedom of not having to think about someone else

Where do we put your diaper?" "Which book do you want to read?" "What do you think will happen if you push your tricycle over the curb?" or "How should we get ready for childcare?

Offer Acceptable Choices Having choices gives children a sense of power: they have the power to choose one possibility or another.

When your child wants to do something else, you can say, "That isn't one of the choices. You can decide between ________ (repeat the choices available).

don't get the impression that your baby needs constant stimulation. Babies need private time to explore by themselves.

Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.

I will be unneeded, and gladly so, when you realize that the vitality and reinforcement and joy are your own, and rise from the fountain of your own beings; when you realize that you do not need me for protection, for there is nothing you need protect yourself against.

People say women shouldn't have long hair over a certain age, but I've never done what everyone says.

I tour alone. There's no sound check, no back up. I stay with the hosts I am in a family home and it's really nourishing. I just have to remember after the show not to run out into the living room in my pyjamas. Every day, it's a new relationship being built. It's odd and wonderful.

I don't want to spend my time rescuing you from awkward situations.

Damn the man.