[She] was not one to bend to anyone else's will.

They would not meet, but they would pass close to each other. She would notice him or not. He would speak to her or not. She still loved and needed him. Or not.

You'd think she'd learn something from that. But she still does the same thing. Making decisions that deform other people's lives, without consulting them, wit…

What does it matter, to tell yourself that the thing controlling you comes from outside, if in fact you only experience it inside your own heart? Where can you…

A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

NEVER GIVE A INCH!

Very well, alone.