Quotes About Autonomy

If I want to carry a purse, I'm going to carry it. I'm not going to not carry it just because they don't like it.

If there was one thing I'd learned, it was that you were responsible for your own ship. You had to look after the engine and make sure the plan was in order and ready to be flown. You were in charge of plotting your course. When you were in the pilot's seat, it was your hand on the throttle, no one else's. If your oil ran out or you lost an engine or the engine caught fire and you had to crash, you were the one saving yourself. No one else could do it for you.

the greatest thing about having so many laws was that you could pick and choose, and move on to the next when the last lost its magic.

Listen. The world doesn't need any more babies. What is needs are women who don't spend all their time beating themselves up over shit they don't control.

She realized suddenly that despite all the new exciting feelings - of autonomy of freedom - that she'd felt since she arrived, she'd been missing the simple familiarity that came with ... well, someone you understood, she supposed.

I just let people believe what they please. I don't feel like it's my responsibility to quantify myself for them.

You decide who, how far, and how often, if ever.

If this is love, no thanks, I don't want any part of it. When I'm older, I'm just going to do my own thing.

If I like a boy, fine, I'll date him, but I'm not going to sit at home and cry over him.

I don't want to be owned by anyone. Or belong to anyone.

mi cuerpo es un templo y no cualquier chico tiene derecho a rendir culto en él. no iré más allá donde yo quiera.

Aku hanya membiarkan orang memercayai apa yang mereka inginkan. Aku tidak berkewajiban menunjukkan diriku pada mereka.

Taylor hacía lo que le apetecía y no le preocupaba mi opinión. Nunca le importaba lo que yo pensase. No era sólo culpa suya, porque yo se lo permitía.

Después de todo, ¿por qué tiene que cambiarse de nombre una mujer por culpa de un hombre? No debería ser así.

I didn't look back. And right there, I felt it, the glow, the satisfaction of being the one who left first.

My body is a temple not just any boy gets to worship at. I won't do any more than I want to do.

Sighing heavily, she says, "If this is love, no thanks. I don't want any part of it. When I'm older, I'm just going to do my own thing.

It's about time you did your own thing and stopped just listening to whatever Queen Margot says.

Your penis will not shrivel up and die if you admit you want an umbrella instead of standing in the rain acting like a little water never hurt anyone. It's an unbrella, not a purse.

There is a husband who requires mileage receipts, another who wants sex at three a.m. One who forbids short haircuts, another who refuses to feed the pets. I would never put up with that, all the other wives think. Never.

do not let your happiness depend upon the fancies of other men

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

It is not uncommon in the modern world for people to retreat into the world of books to escape from the realities of the outside world. The printed word evokes the modern notion of security, with the emphasis on detachment, privacy, autonomy, predictability, and enclosed artificiality.

Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence.