Quotes About Independence

Out here a man settles his own problems

Republic. I like the sound of the word

COWBOYS, just like the word says.

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

I am Duchess of Malfi still.

A perfect day is: Nobody calls with a problem they can handle themselves.

she had never been alone to care for her own self one day of her life, nor could it ever have occurred to her that she might become responsible for the well- being of another.

She was an only child, and loneliness was one of the earliest conditions of her life.

Poverty with freedom from debt is great wealth. If

It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's a still poorer pass to have no one to depend on.

I knew in my very heart that I would not be able to sustain myself for long alone.

It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.

Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.

George shrugged. "You just stood up to your mother, Tyler. I should think now you could take on the world.

La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad

Lucky for us Emily was not a man," said Julia, "or she might have drunk herself to death at the Black Bull. It was better to write Wuthering Heights, but she really had no choice.

You are not property. If you choose to leave, no one will stop you.

He leaned down and nuzzled my ear. "Ah, my Lara. I took you from your sheltered den, kitten." "No." I straightened, wiping my face. "I left my den and chased you, remember?

The passion for being for ever with one's fellows, and the fear of being left for a few hours alone, is to me wholly incomprehensible. I can entertain myself quite well for weeks together, hardly aware, except for the pervading peace, that I have been alone at all.

If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another; strike out for yourself; don't listen to the shriek of your relations...don't be afraid of public opinion in the shape of the neighbours in the next house, when all the world is before you new and shining, and everything is possible, if you will only be energetic and independent and seize opportunity by the scruff of the neck.

In bed by herself: adorable condition.

I, of course, took the opportunity to interpose with pigheaded Wallace pride, 'I am not English, you ignorant Jerry bastard, I am a SCOT.

A woman did that.

I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think about it.