Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward. ››Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. ››In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. ››People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. ››I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. ››Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change. ››You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind. ››Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. ››There is something that happens when you get emancipated. You approach life differently. You eat differently. You respect yourself more. You respect the gift you have been given. ››I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend. ››
