Quotes About Independence

You're not going to get me to wear a seat belt." At her look, he said, "Imagine the oldest, most stubborn, most cantankerous dog ever to live. He'd learn new tricks better than me.

You knew I'd say I'd protect you? And that vexes you? Should I have said that you're shite out of luck and all on your own, but thanks for the hot fuck!

Nix, you beautiful bitch.

You're a stubborn, ill-trained horse. she said The horse snorted and walked towards the North Road of his own volition. Hey! Karigan pulled back on the reins. Whoa. Who do you think is in charge here?

His torn lips didn't stop Stark's cocky smile. You're my queen, and anyone who says different can fuck off.

But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak have to be strong enough to leave.

Betrayal means breaking ranks and going off into the unknown. Sabina knew of nothing more magnificent than going off into the unknown.

Men människor kan tycka att en gemensam härkomst har betydelse ... utan att vilja leva under en gemensam regering. Sionism är bara ett tänkbart sätt att vara jude på. Det är därför som det finns nationaliteter utan nationalstater.

I understand—" I gasp. ". . . and you will not stand in my way." "I will not stand in your way," I parrot. It's all I can manage.

You can always have the best, Kasie," I say quietly. "A woman like you never has to settle for anything.

She didn't need my protection, only my partnership.

The rules are mine to set. What I don't believe in is playing by other people's rules.

How can I fight so hard for freedom only to be enticed by captivity?

No, no, Mr. Dade, this is my ride now. I make the rules.

but rules are made to be broken.

I've married a man who owns nine cows, said Jinjur to Ozma, and now I am happy and contented and willing to lead a quiet life and mind my own business. Where is your husband? asked Ozma. He is in the house, nursing a black eye, replied Jinjur, calmly. The foolish man would insist upon milking the red cow when I wanted him to milk the white one; but he will know better next time, I am sure.

You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.

But I was raised in the United States, and I won't allow any one-horse chicken of the Land of Ev to run over me and put on airs, as long as I can lift a claw in self-defense.

a dash to liberty or to death. The

each of us rules himself, or at least tries to do so. It is not an easy thing to do, as you probably know.

Young men are all very well in their place, but it doesn't do to drag them into everything, does it? Diana and I are thinking seriously of promising each other that we will never marry but be nice old maids and live together forever

Let me remind you that the measure of any one's freedom is what he can do without.

Dora is too good," said Anne. "She'd behave just as well if there wasn't a soul to tell her what to do. She was born already brought up, so she doesn't need us; and I think," concluded Anne, hitting on a very vital truth, "that we always love best the people who need us. Davy needs us badly.

he didn't care who ran the universe—he'd break whatever rules it suited him to disobey in any case, whoever was in charge—