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"I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent."
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"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."
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"When you accept employment, you are admitting that you cannot think or develop yourself."
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"She wasn't kind of lady that depended on a man and I think that's what made her so irrestible to them, any man she had loved she wanted ~ and the men that loved her back couldn't handle not being needed, so she showed them the door and grew her own wings as they walked out. Love to her isn't a maybe thing, nor is it attachment and any man whom thinks he will ever own her would be best not to try at all."
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"Don't be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side."
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"No girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself."
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"Be decisive and handle objections as they come, don't relay on others much and don't look to others to determine if you're acting right or wrong. Do what feels right for you."
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"The loss of a reliance on others often helpfully forces a more sophisticated rumination that enables the opening of previously unknown avenues."
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"I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine."
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"I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love."
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"Wake up and live your life on your own terms, you are a king in your own kingdom, a god in your own universe."
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"Housekeeping ain't no joke."
Responsibility

"Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it."
Fun

"Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty."
Power

"Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it."
Work

"She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners."
Character

"A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well."
Emotional

"That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct."
Hope

"Be worthy love, and love will come."
Love

"I was never like the rest of you, making plans about the great things I'd do, I never saw myself as anything much, just shy, stupid little Beth, who's only use was at home. Why does everyone want to go away? I love being home, but I don't like being left behind. Now I'm the one going ahead, No one can stop God if He wants me, But I'm afraid I shall be homesick for you... even in heaven."
Family

"Yet that is considered an excellent school, and I dare say it would be if the benighted lady did not think it necessary to cram her pupils like Thanksgiving turkeys, instead of feeding them in a natural and wholesome way. It is the fault with most American schools, and the poor little heads will go on aching till we learn better."
Education
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