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THOUGHTS ON

“YOU
CELEBRATE “A queen—a
WHO YOU queen who
ARE. YOU SAY, bowed to no
‘THIS IS MY one, a queen
KINGDOM.’ ” “Whatever this who had faced
—SALMA HAYEK is that I am, them all down
it is esh and and triumphed.”
spirit . . . and —SARAH J. MAAS
the ruling part.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS

“HE IS A FOOL “People have only as
WHO WILL much liberty as they
DESCEND have the intelligence
“I do not wish women to INTO A WELL to want and the
have power over men, but ON ANOTHER courage to take.”
over themselves.” MAN’S ROPE.” —EMMA GOLDMAN
—MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT —LOUIS L’AMOUR
“It is the height of cruelty
to rob the individual of a “NOTHING
single natural right.” GROWS WELL IN
—ELIZABETH CADY STANTON THE SHADE OF A
BIG TREE.”
“THE SOVEREIGNTY OF —CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
ONE’S SELF OVER ONESELF IS
CALLED LIBERTY.” “Sovereignty is not
—ALBERT PIKE given; it is taken.”
—MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK
“Nothing is more
diicult, and
therefore more
precious, than to be
able to decide.” CLOCKWISR FROM TOP RIGHT: RICH POLK/GETTY IMAGES; DE AGOSTINI PICTURE LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES; WILL IRELAND/SFX MAGAZINE VIA GETTY IMAGES; EVERETT COLLECTION/NEWSCOM; AKG-IMAGES/NEWSCOM; ADOC-PHOTOS/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES; CULTURE CLUB/GETTY IMAGES; LARRY COLWELL/ANTHONY BARBOZA/GETTY IMAGES; KAMMERMAN/GAMMA-RAPHO/GETTY IMAGES;
—NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE

“The only “My life didn’t please me, HULTON/GETTY IMAGES; ROGER RESSMEYER/CORBIS/VCG/GETTY IMAGES; UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG/GETTY IMAGES; CULTURE CLUB/GETTY IMAGES
way in which so I created my life.”
anyone can —COCO CHANEL FINAL
lead us is to
restore to “A BORN KING IS A THOUGHT
us the belief “Don’t depend on
in our own VERY RARE BEING.” others, or by and
guidance.” —JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU by you won’t be
—HENRY MILLER able to depend on
“DOES NOT THE POTTER HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE
OUT OF THE SAME LUMP OF CLAY SOME POTTERY FOR yourself—nor will
SPECIAL PURPOSES AND SOME FOR COMMON USE?” anyone else.”
—ROMANS 9:21 —B.C. FORBES
SOURCES: MEDITATIONS, BY MARCUS AURELIUS; THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, BY JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU; THE TIMES
BOOK OF QUOTATIONS; A COURT OF MIST AND FURY, BY SARAH J. MAAS; A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN,
BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT; SOLITUDE OF SELF, BY ELIZABETH CADY STANTON; THE WALKING DRUM, BY LOUIS L’AMOUR.

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