Quotes About Independence

I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petite woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you—that you would save yourself.

Pami?taj, nikt bez twego przyzwolenia nie mo?e sprawi?, ?e poczujesz si? gorsza. To s?owa Eleanor Roosevelt. ?yj? zgodnie z tym mottem.

Lead me, really lead me, or get the hell out of my way! -Anita Blake

Richard has informed me he's shopping for his white picket fence. I'm happy behind my black wrought-iron fence. The one with the pointy spikes on top. White never really was my color.

Richard sensed it and pulled away. He went around to the driver's side of his car and opened his door, leaning across to unlock mine. He didn't open the door for me. He knew better than that. I could open my own bloody door. Richard

I won't be alone with him, Livingston. He'll be alone with me.

Hey, Blake, do you really need to step outside?" Zerbrowski took my arm as if to lead me towards the door. "Thanks, but I'm fine." I looked him straight in his baby-browns and lied. He knew I was lying. I wasn't all right, but I'd make it. He released my arm, stepped back, and gave me a mock salute. "I love a tough broad." I smiled before I could stop it. "Go away, Zerbrowski.

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt said

Sweetheart, I know it can be easy to miss when it's your own child—I think I might have missed it with you—but eventually you need to stand back and admire the person they've become. It's almost never the person you wanted, or expected, them to be, but once you can see them as separate from you, it's pretty incredible how much you can respect them for the path they've chosen.

This is why I like to handle things by myself. But when she offers her assistance, you really can't control her.

Concentreaza-te asupra ta: fa ce vrei, cand vrei, fara sa-ti bati capul cu lucrurile pe care altii le vor de la tine.

Sometimes Richard had the sinking suspicion that he had a far better chance of preventing Bonaparte from conquering Europe than he had of thwarting his mother's plans to see him married off within the next Season.

He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles -- his terms, that -- and making her own way in the world. He didn't realize that the truth was so much more complex, so much less impressive. She had less thrown than been thrown.

Swooning solves nothing.

You have reached the home and workplace of Roberto Natchez. I do not often take calls. I make no promise to return them. I have much to do. You may leave a message if you wish.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values....

She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so...I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her.

Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.

I can't do everything for you. You must walk alone to find your soul.

We should teach our girls that snapping is ok, instead of waiting for someone else to break them.

You must walk alone to find your soul.

When life sucks, read. They can't yell at you for that. And if they do, then you can ignore them.

This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it.