"I'd seen entire constellations of possibility I'd never previously been aware of, so blinded had I been by the bright, glaring stars of expectation. Freedom, I was beginning to think, had less to do with where you were, and was more about who you were trying to be."

Freedom, Expectation, Awareness, Self

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"I'd seen entire constellations of possibility I'd never previously been aware of, so blinded had I been by the bright, glaring stars of expectation. Freedom, I was beginning to think, had less to do with where you were, and was more about who you were trying to be."

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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

Pat Conroy, American Writer

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"The knowledge of God gives a person the opportunity to not be a slave to wealth."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"You can be your own boss."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"Only God's principles and not fame and money can make a person truly free."

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"Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

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"Don't become a prisoner of your own reality, set yourself free by creating a life worth living."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"The library is a symbol of freedom."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"I am waltzing with death, flirting with him, but he stands there smiling and saying nothing because he does not need to woo or be wooed: he knows he gets us all in the end."

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"A quick and brutal fuck from behind usually served as an effective reminder of where you stood in the pack hierarchy."

Power

"You're like a half-tamed creature, still shy of the bridle. 'Except you enthrall me, never shall be free.' But freedom is an illusion, anyway."

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"Máma was fond of saying that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels—an aphorism I was pretty sure she'd cribbed from the thinspiration sites she subscribed to online—but I believed that anyone who said such things had never tasted chili-cheese fries with melted cheddar, fresh ground beef, and Tapatío sauce."

Humor

"I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want. But I'm also not going to take a vow of chastity and pine away for you, or whatever the hell it is that men do in romance novels these days. I have needs. I'd rather satisfy them with you, but if you don't want me I suppose I'll just have to find someone else. Might take me a while, but I'll make do. I always have before."

Relationship

"It's like an itch, isn't it? You can feel it in your throat. You want to scream for me."

Desire

"Nobody wants to believe that existence carries on without at least taking a stumble from their departure of this world."

Existence

"We feel most alive when we are closest to death."

Life

"Hatred is as easy as slipping on a well-worn woolen cloak. If only it provided the comfort of one."

Emotion

"I want to be your last thought at night, and your first taste at dawn."

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