Quotes About Independence

Erika always handled her own problems no matter where they were. He got that from her, and this is the dark side of that independence. It's gone too far!

I'd assumed that once I'd passed the age of twenty, I'd gained the power to do everything alone. But I'd been wrong about that, and this just brought it home to me, again, that I still had a long way to go. The sense of failure, however, was a strangely comfortable one-- the feeling of looking up and starting over again after pride and defensiveness had slipped away, and left me soft and crumpled on the ground.

I guess my mom was all he had—the one flower that smelled like freedom. He

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No había nadie en el mundo de mi misma sangre, y así, me era posible ir a cualquier lugar y hacer cualquier cosa. Era magnífico.

Non avevo al mondo nessuno del mio sangue, potevo andare in qualunque posto, fare qualunque cosa. Provai una sorta di vertigine. Stavo toccando con mano e vedendo con i miei occhi, per la prima volta, quanto fosse immenso il mondo e profonda l'oscurità e l'infinito fascino e solitudine di tutto ciò.

On this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.

Quanti anni avevo quando ho capito che su quel sentiero buio e solitario l'unica luce possibile era quella che io stesso avrei emanato? Anche se sono stata allevata con amore, mi sono sempre sentita sola.

Which is better? Who can say? Everyone lives the way she knows best. What I meant by "their happiness" is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really, all of us, alone.

No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely. Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time.

There are many, many difficult times, god knows. If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding of something. It could be children, or it could be house plants, you know? By doing that you come to understand your own limitations. That's where it starts.

No one and nothing outside of you can give you salvation, or free you from the misery. You have to light your own lamp. You have to know the miniature universe that you yourself are.

Despite all you may have heard to the contrary, I have never had a ride in a patrol wagon.

What would I do where platforms, microphones and screens denied me? That's easy. I'd go to the races.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.

You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.

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When I get home, I ask my mother if we can move to a new town. My mother says there's a librarian in every town. I ask if she wants to do my assignment for me. 'I've already been in the first grade,' says my mother.

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.

Lucy, the eldest, said a DiFalco woman couldn't hold onto a man if she had him Krazy Glued to her side. Over the years Rose had come to realize the truth of that statement. In

It was when your partner left you that you remembered what else you meant to do in your life beyond staying together.

The meaning we give to what happens in our lives is our final, inviolable freedom.

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.