Orson Scott Card Quotes on Independence
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She didn't know [him], so she thought it was the look she had seen in so many eyes, the desire to dominate, to rule her, the desire to cut through her determination and break her independence, the desire to make her submit
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In your judgment I have no one else's judgment to use
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[She] was not one to bend to anyone else's will.
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Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free
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Yeah, that's why my mama taught me to say yes sir and no ma'am and please and thank you. So I could show grateful courtesy to a lawyer who's helping somebody take away my independence
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I'm not your daughter! I'm not your sister! I'm not your anything!
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I hadn't know that. I hadn't known what price they would pay 'I'll do my best without your help'