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“She expected from other people the same opinions and feeling as her own, and she judged their motives by the immediate effect of their…

— Jane Austen

“A very important part of creating a new life was independence. She did not want to be accountable to anyone but herself.”

— Robyn Carr

“What she wanted was really two things: to be elsewhere, and to be somebody else. Or at least a version of herself that had…

— J. Robert Lennon

“Things were not so simple after all. She could not understand even her own feelings. She saw the most cherished of her convictions put…

— Virginia Woolf

“She endured her own nature and supposed it to be the burden of another's.”

— Charles Williams

“She began to realize some decisions cannot be undone no matter how hard you try.”

— Travis Luedke

“she’d neglected to make choices for her inner self as well. She’d given away too much.”

— Mary Alice Monroe

“There would be a sweet release of strength and responsibility, a sinking into another’s power, no need to feign her own. This”

— Hugh Howey

“She resolved conflicts by either agreeing or quietly going about her business and doing things her way. Conflict was too hard to live with,…

— Deanna Lynn Sletten

“...She was becoming what she was destined to become...: her own person, her own independent and particular self.”

— Amanda Coplin

“She was tired of everyone deciding her life for her. She was ready to figure out who she really was--not what anyone else told…

— Marissa Meyer

“The choices she's made have left her without choice.”

— Steven Galloway