Quotes About Independence

Vanaf nu ben je volwassen.' Alisa leek behoorlijk tevreden met zichzelf. 'Nu kun je je eigen testament opstellen.

They seem to believe that, left to my own devices, I might do something ill-advised,

You don't always have to bear the weight of the world-- or your family-- on your shoulders.

Eve reached out to stop me before I could. "Could I do this part alone?

have the keys to my prison in my own hand, and no remedy presents itself so soon to my heart as mine own sword.

You might not want to burn your bridges when you're standing on an island.

There are no rules, because life is made up of too many rules as it is.

Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself.

No one can lock you back in, Libby. You choose whether you let them.

You know what? Why don't we just forget it? Why don't I go by myself? I think I'd rather go alone anyway.

Just like I will decide my life. No more waiting for other people to decide things for me. I'm writing it right now.

Everyone know of him. Some people hate him because they think he's weird and he gets into fights and gets kicked out of school and does what he wants. Some people worship him because he's weird and he gets into fights and gets kicked out of school and does what he wants.

This is my secret - that at any moment I might fly away.

You dress to please yourself. If she doesn't like you for you, then you don't need her.' All of this would be fine if I knew exactly who me for me was.

I know life well enough to know you can't count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you want them to. You can't stop people from dying. You can't stop them from going away. You can't stop yourself from going away either. I know myself well enough to know that no one else can keep you awake or keep you from sleeping.

No." Bren is shaking her head so hard and fast, it looks as if she's having a seizure. "You don't dress to please a girl-- especially not a girl like that. You dress to please yourself. If she doesn't like you for you, then you don't need her.

Aprons don't hold us back-- they take us back

I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live.

When I asked my extra-terrestrial friend why he took me in, he merely replied, What alternative did you have?

Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong!

She [Sidonie Rougon] never spoke of her husband, nor of her childhood, her family, or her personal concerns. There was only one thing she never sold, and that was herself.

Hortense and Berthe nodded, as though profoundly impressed by the wisdom of their mother's pronouncements. She had long since convinced them of the absolute inferiority of men, whose sole function was to marry and to pay.

Est-ce qu'une femme a besoin de savoir jouer et chanter ? Ah ! mon petit, tu es trop bête... Nana a autre chose, parbleu ! et quelque chose qui remplace tout.

Est-ce que ça me regarde ? Est-ce que je n'avais pas à mettre mes haricots sur le feu ?...