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]
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.
Raise your daughter to be a feminist. She spends all her time waiting to be rescued by men.
