Quotes About Independence

We can't stop living because other people are dead.

Adrian gave me a look that said I was wasting his time. "Because Jet sounds badass.

My cigarettes and I are going outside. At least they show me respect.

You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you're less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone—not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee—push you around.

My death will not be penciled on someone's calendar.

I bet you never thought the hardest part of finding your 'savior? would be getting her mom to let her stay out past curfew.

I tentatively attempted to make contact with the muscles in my body. They told me to leave them the fuck alone.

Having your own, um, cave at eighteen is pretty cool.

Okay,' I said quietly. 'I'll do whatever you say. Just remember not to talk down to me. I'm not your student anymore. I'm your equal now.' He glanced away from the side of the road just long enough to give me a surprised look. 'You've always been my equal, Roza.

It's okay," said Adrian breezily. He rested his arm casually on the table. "I don't really need a job or extra money. After Rose and I get married, the kids and I'll just live off of her guardian paycheck.

I don't like cages,

You fixed yourself. You didn't need me." "No, Sydney." My voice was ragged. "I do need you. You have no idea how much I need you.

Okay. But I'm just going to be out there - having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind. You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I'll get you out of here, no matter what.

What hope is there?" I asked. "If even angels fall, what hope is there for the rest of us?" "There isn't," he said. "We're on our own. And we have to make the choices we think are best for our own survival.

However, he also trusted me to make my own decisions. Contradicting me or telling me what to do wasn't in his nature - even though he secretly may have wanted to.

My muse is an ungrateful harlot who's abandoned me to actually come up with my own plots.

What happened when you were twelve?" "Oh, Mom offered to take us all out for dinner—us girls, Dad was out of town—to celebrate, but I didn't want to. This book I'd been waiting for had just come out, and the only thing I wanted to do was read it all night." "My God," I said, touching the top of her nose. "You're adorable.

But listen to me when I say this. You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone - not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee - push you around.

I was so tired of being told reasonable, practical things whenever something went wrong with my life.

It's not about you, okay ? This time, it's about me. Not you. All my life, Lissa ... All my life, it's been the same. They come first. I've lived my life for you. I've trained to be your shadow, but you know what ? I want to come first.

Is it really so terrible being around us?" I blushed. "No," I said. "But . . . it's complicated. I've been taught certain things my entire life. Those are hard to shake." "The greatest changes in history have come because people were able to shake off what others told them to do.

Okay, but if you try to get me to pray with you, I walk.

If the other person says "Fuck Off," well, then, deal. Move on.

You're on the verge of getting your soul and your life back and he's still what determines your happiness ? You don't need a relationship to be happy, Georgina.