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Charlotte Bronte1 quote
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Bronte · 1847Edward Bloom1 quote
There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they are faster or stronger than other fish, they're just touched by something extra. — Edward Bloom · 2003James Madison1 quote
The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. — James Madison · 1792Kahlil Gibran1 quote
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. — Kahlil Gibran · 1923Mahalia Jackson1 quote
It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing-that's the Lord's test. — Mahalia Jackson · 1966Rainer Maria Rilke1 quote
I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. — Rainer Maria Rilke · 1902