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title: "6 Freed Self Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Bit by bit, at 124 and in the Clearing, along with others, she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/bit-by-bit-at-124-and-in-the-clearing-along-with-others-she-had/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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> [Your sexuality is the engine of your humanness. Freed of your self, it is an engine of movement. It isn’t there to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-de-ruiter/your-sexuality-is-the-engine-of-your-humanness-freed-of-your-self-it/)

[John de Ruiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-de-ruiter/)

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> [Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/freeing-yourself-was-one-thing-claiming-ownership-of-that-freed-self/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/toni-morrison-271_freedom_freeing-yourself-was-one-thing-claiming_1861869.jpg)

> [As long as you cling to your self, you will wander right and left, day and night, for thousands of years; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanai/as-long-as-you-cling-to-your-self-you-will-wander-right-and-left-day/)

[Sanai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/sanai-88257_day-and-night_as-long-as-you-cling-to-your-self-you-wi_1894298.png)

> [“No Blame: The most liberating and empowering day of my life was the day I freed myself from my own self-destructive nonsense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/no-blame-the-most-liberating-and-empowering-day-of-my-life-was-the/)

[Steve Maraboli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-maraboli/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/steve-maraboli-178_blame_no-blame-the-most-liberating-and-empower_2365787.jpg)

> [“The most liberating and empowering day of my life was the day I freed myself from my own self-destructive nonsense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/the-most-liberating-and-empowering-day-of-my-life-was-the-day-i-freed/)

[Steve Maraboli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-maraboli/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/steve-maraboli-178_empowering_the-most-liberating-and-empowering-day-o_2546562.jpg)

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