"The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket." (p.83)
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Boy, do I see myself here. My husband and I were together for 7 yrs before I was ready to get engaged and take on that commitment. He was super patient. To make up for it, I proposed! #girlpower #independent #marriage
I love small bookstores. There is a plethora of literature that hasn‘t been censored for a reader‘s perusal. #radicallit #Detroit #independent
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Breakwater Books in #Guilford , #Connecticut doesn‘t need to tell me they have air conditioning to convince me to stop by! #newbooks #bookstores #bookshops #newengland #independent
"Granny Weatherwax made a great play of her independence and self-reliance. But the point about that kind of stuff was that you needed someone around to be proudly #independent and self-reliant at. People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.” #QuotsyJuly18
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#ReadingResolutions #independence
Miss Bingley doesn't think much of ladies being independent, especially when it comes to Elizabeth, but it's Elizabeth's independence, along with her wit and fine eyes, that attract Mr. Darcy. 💙
Illustration by Alice Pattullo from the Rockport Classics Reimagined edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
