Quotes About Independence

Gary Paulsen

Mature masculinity does not have to initiate every action, but feels the responsibility to provide a general pattern of initiative.

Since 1688 there has been only one major war, the American War of Independence or Revolutionary War (1776-83), in which Britain has faced a hostile Europe without a major ally. It is no coincidence that this was the only one in which the British were defeated.

She never backed down. A fighter to the very last. This is how a human being is forged after an unhappy early life. This is the independence of growing up, of standing up for yourself, even if against a phantom enemy.

like a nobody, like a woman in regional sales gliding through airport lounges in the previrus era, always moving, always herself.

SALLYSTAR: That's why I'm never going to be in a relationship. I'm just going to get married.

True affluence is not needing anything.

Do not put too much faith in government

I love to roam around and I like tough self-discipline, I don't mind hard work and being poor never bothered me. I guess that's what makes it possible to carry on like I do. Being free doesn't mean evading necessity, it means outsmarting it.

Get drunk all the time. Go someplace and score. Walk in and walk out of the Asp Hike up Tam Keep quitting and starting at Berkeley Watch the pike in the Steinhart Aquarium: he doesn't move. Sleeping with stangers Keeping up on the news Chanting sutras after sitting Practicing yr frailing on guitar Get dropped off in the fog in the night Fall in love twenty times Get divorced Keep moving — move out to the Sunset Get lost — or Get found

I am mistress of my own actions, M. de Chagny: you have no right to control them, and I will beg you to desist henceforth.

Well, then, it's quite simple . . . Christine Daaé shall leave this as she pleases and come back again! . . . Yes, come back again, because she wishes . . . come back of herself, because she loves me for myself! . . .

That [never leaving home] is an undertaking which I have not asked of you and a promise which I refuse to make you!' said the young girl, haughtily. 'I am mistress of my own actions, M de Chagny: you have no right to control them; and I will beg you to desist henceforth. As to what I have done during the last fortnight, there is only one man in the world who has the right to demand an account of me: my husband! Well, I have no husband and I never mean to marry!

That is an undertaking which I have not asked of you and a promise which I refuse to make you! said the young girl haughtily. I am mistress of my own actions, M. de Chagny: you have no right to control them, and I will beg you to desist henceforth. As to what I have done during the last fortnight, there is only one man in the world who has the right to demand an account of me: my husband! Well, I have no husband and I never mean to marry!

True independence is not based on fear. It contains within it an ability to be close to others, coupled with a choice to be free and autonomous.

Most jobs I've had have been variations on hunter-gatherer and farmer. I was one of the first to say Hey, if we grow our own food, we won't have to hunt it down all the time. Mostly, I was just tired of moving around constantly, but you have to admit it was a pretty good idea.)

She smiled the infinitely kind smile of a woman who will not do what you ask.

I myself teach no one, knowing I would make my students stronger to destroy me. I advise you to follow the same course.

There comes a time when a sorcerer must triumph on his own or die.

I am to expect no help from him. I AM help.

You have no power over me, neither you nor they. I am not afraid of pain, or of death. There is only one living woman I desire

For a few minutes it didn't matter what anyone thought of me. I have created something that didn't exist the day before, from a place that didn't belong to anyone but me.

Topeka meant, a good place to find potatoes. That made Dorothy laugh. But any place is what you make it said etta. You've got to make it home. You've got to do it for yourself.... It's difficult because everybody wants to be loved and you think you can't find a home unless you are loved by somebody, anybody. But it's not true. Sometimes you can learn to live without being loved. It's terribly hard, but you can do it. The trick is to remember what it's like to be loved.

you will not be master of my body & my property