“ If she took Po as her husband, she would be making promises about a future she couldn't yet see. For once she became his wife, she would be his forever. And, no matter how much freedom Po gave her, sh… Kristin Cashore
“ St. John,” I said, “I think you are almost wicked to talk so. I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness! To what end?”“To the end of turning to profit… Charlotte Bronte
“ I mean to tell you, the Law's notion of justice is more cold-blooded than any outlaw I ever knew. And I mean 'outlaw,' not criminal. 'Criminal' doesn't distinguish between guys like men and the guys w… James Carlos Blake
“ I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn't mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It… Nora Roberts
“ Being popular or not, having company or being alone, are not issues of concern for the developed soul. Donna Goddard
“ She is like a cat in the darkAnd then she is the darknessShe rules her life like a fine skylarkAnd when the sky is starlessAll your life you've never seen a womanTaken by the windWould you stay if she… Stevie Nicks
“ At a trade show, someone said, "You'll get in trouble for that." I replied,"Are they going to call the trade show police? Tim Fargo
“ You can love people, and you can befriend them, but the only person you can ever one hundred percent depend on is yourself. Trisha Leigh
“ Scotland can exist fully if we dream hard enough, Julie. I just can’t relate to that Scottish deep-fried-chip-on-the-shoulder. Trainspotting was wrong: it feels fucking great being Scottish. We’re bec… Alan Bissett
“ [Leslie Bennett] You have a teenager who desperately wants to separate...If you don't have a career, these New Domesticity types are likely to find themselves standing in the kitchen with all these do… Emily Matchar
“ A machine! I have become a machine! It has taken over my life. How ironic! In a world of freedom and independence, my entire life now depends on a machine! Leigh Hershkovich
“ It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one. Plato
“ We talk of independence. No man is independent. We are all interdependent; and we shall only rise as we carry others with us, and as we are assisted by others. James E. Talmage
“ I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown. Colleen Hoover