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fec94b8 care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. defiance empowerment independence individuality self-assurance self-awareness self-containment self-determination self-esteem self-reliance self-respect self-sufficiency self-trust solitude Charlotte Brontë
ae26b5f The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. independence individuality inspirational self-assurance self-awareness self-containment self-determination self-esteem self-reliance self-respect self-sufficiency self-trust solitude ataraxy Michel de Montaigne
acee414 Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you've been to. I'm not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don't have to be like anyone else. I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me. anchoring attachment belonging country empowerment home homelessness independence individuality inspirational nationality roots self-assurance self-awareness self-containment self-determination self-esteem self-reliance self-respect self-sufficiency self-trust Hugo Hamilton
9cb9b2f I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me. pride self-containment solitude Rudyard Kipling
79bdba9 She found that the whole world could be contained in one place because that place was herself. Nothing had prepared her for this. self-containment world Jeanette Winterson