Quotes About Independence

I understood early that I'd find what I needed in books, if not in her. She gave me that. But

book. I understood early that I'd find what I needed in books, if not in her. She gave me that. But

Work was the poor man's blessing. When there was always something to do, something you liked to do and knew at the same time that it was necessary and useful, you could be contented—after a fashion—even when your husband was in the Pacific

She was feeling more vulnerable and alone than she had felt in years. And incredibly frightened. For all her fiercely held independence, she still desperately craved solace. A secret desire to be held, protected. Loved? No, that was going to far. Love was a manipulation. A lie. Lust was more honest. Lust only messed with your body not your mind.

Being single is a great thing. Some people can't do it -- or are afraid to do it. Many people lose themselves in their relationships and forget who they are instead of learning from the other person and bettering themselves.

Don't be a fool, there is no such thing as just a girl.

A single girl who needs nobody makes people uncomfortable, my mom is right in this, appearance is everything, and appearing to have no one is like swimming alone in the middle of the ocean with a flesh wound.

A single girl who needs nobody makes people uncomfortable, and my mom is right in this, appearance is everything, and appearing to have no one is like swimming alone in the middle of the ocean with a flesh wound.

You should see the other guy..." Teddy says, in this laconic tone that matches her black kimono. She takes a drag on a joint, barely glancing up from the crossword, which she always does in pen.

I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom.

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

I replied, 'I do not think as you do.' 'Child, you are not born to think; you were not made to think.

She was young, a Stranger to the World, and consequently to the Dangers of it; and having no Body in Town, at that Time, to whom she was oblig'd to be accountable for her Actions,

I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here.

I don't give a sharp-cheddar cheese wedge what your mother says!

Our compliance is our choice. No one can control someone else (unless the person being controlled allows it). No one controls you—unless you allow that control. Sure, she can put the screws to your head, but ultimately what you do within the circumstances of your life is dependent on what you allow and how much you are willing to sacrifice to have things your own way or to win approval.

Objectivity in healthy relationships encourages each person to be responsible for his own choices and actions and the consequences of them.

Unfortunately, in difficult relationships at least one person has her own agenda that precludes compromise. That agenda is expressed in "I can do it myself!" and "I want my way!

Do I look like someone who cares about what God thinks?

If I married him, I would not dare to call my soul my own, Which so he had bought and paid for: every thought And every heart-beat down there in the bill, Not one found honestly deductible From any use that pleased him!

I should not dare to call my soul my own.

As to wearing the badge of a party, either in politics or religion, I may say that never in my life was I so far from coveting such a thing. And then poetry breathes in another outer air. And then there is not an existent set of any-kind-of-politics I could agree with if I tried —