I go wherever I want, do whatever I want, answer to no one.
I don’t have a man. What use is a man? A horse pulls the wagon. A dog keeps me safe. A cat keeps me warm at night.
Every breath I take without your permission raises my self-esteem!
At the end of the day, you can’t depend on anyone else but you.[to Liza]
A life of independence is no mere consolation. Indeed, many would think it the better prize. After passion cools and fate intervenes, who else is a woman left with but herself?[to Kate]
A hero’s journey, it should really only start after the parents are dead.
You’re looking at it wrong. Those people who depend on you? Your mom, Oliver, me? We’re also here for you to depend on us. You’re not alone.[to Mark]
You were supposed to leave the planet on a ship we provided, but you’re still here. Why?[Joseph Rainier]I do not like public transportation.[Harry Vanderspeigle]
You can’t stop me. I don’t need your permission to be a superhero.[to Cecil]
You boys are all the same. You come up with your own little stories and you make everyone else fit them. Silvermane treats me like a damn doll, Flint thinks I’m afraid of him and you think I’m a killer. I am done with people telling me who I am and what I get to do.[to Ben]
There’s certainly something very seductive about a chain of command. But once you start taking responsibility for your own actions, it’s very hard to go back.
There are few things that belong to a man in this time of contempt. One of them is the right to keep his own counsel.
