Quotes About Independence

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Fond as [Naomi James] was of her faraway fiancé, another solo sailor, 'I'm a natural loner because as long as I know [my fiancé] is alive and well, I don't really worry about him. He has his life to live and I've got mine, and if I can survive then I'm sure he can.

The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.

We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand.

And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of setting an example - proving that it is acceptable to be alone in a public place where everyone else is in groups, and to just be sitting there eating, not having to be engrossed in anything else.

Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob gets too close, the truth is revealed. Running or walking away, chased or free, any which way, we tell the mob in effect I don't need you.

I don't hate my relatives or those whose names fill my address book. But I do not want to have lunch with any of them. It is not personal. I am not angry. Nor is this about being afraid. I am not shy. I do not have terrible manners. Do birds hate lips? Do Fijians detest snowplows? Being a loner is not about hate, but need: We need what others dread. We dread what others need.

Alone, we are alive.

You can do whatever you want if you don't care what people think

care what people think

I learned...that loyalty does not mean stepping into line but falling out of it for the people we love.

want to, you say it's not a good idea." She shook her head. Grown-

We shower money on generals and on nobles, we keep high-born paupers living on the national charity, we squander wealth with both hands on army and navy, on churches and palaces; but we grudge every halfpenny that increases the education rate and howl down every proposal to build decent houses for the poor. We cover our heartlessness and indifference with fine phrases about sapping the independence of the poor and destroying their self-respect.

One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel is right.

El objeto más envidiable y el más caro era el coche, sinónimo de libertad, de control total del espacio, y en cierta manera, del mundo.

no one even knows if she likes boys or girls, she won't tell anyone. People resent that about her, and Connell thinks that's why they tell the story, as a way of gawking at something they're not allowed to see.

Vraiment fait mon deuil de ce rêve, un homme intelligent, « solide », etc., avec qui je « construirais » (?) quelque chose. En dehors de l'écriture et des enfants, je suis incapable de rien construire.

En rafale, le dégrisement. Le voir comme un play-boy Ã¢â'¬â€œ ou gorby-boy ! Ã¢â'¬â€œ brutal (pas trop cependant) et jouisseur (pourquoi non). Me dire que j'ai perdu un an et de l'argent pour un homme qui, en partant, me demande s'il peut prendre le paquet de Marlboro ouvert, sur la table. On en vient toujours là, à vingt ans ou quarante-huit ans. Mais que faire sans homme, sans vie ?

Une adresse et de l'argent, cétait les seules choses au monde dont j'avais besoin à ce mont-là.

la libertad tenía rostro de centro comercial

je n'attends pas d'un homme qu'il me féconde Ã¢â'¬â€œ comme une chienne Ã¢â'¬â€œ et ensuite lui montrer les dents.

It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.

We sure liberated the hell out of this place.

Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.