Independence

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

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Topic

Female independence Independence Freedom

Speaker

Jane Eyre

Author

Charlotte Brontë

Source

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Brontë, Charlotte, [published as Currer Bell]. Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. Vol. 2, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1847, ch. 23.

Current Citation

Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Penguin Classics, 2006, ch. 23.

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

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Topic

Relationships Solitude Independence

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Paula Modersohn-Becker. 12 Feb. 1902.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910, translated by Jane B. Greene and M. D. Herter Norton. W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.

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.

Big Fish

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Topic

Free spirits Independence

Speaker

Edward Bloom (Young)

Actor

Ewan McGregor

Source

Big Fish

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy (film) Comedy drama (film) Fantasy Comedy drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Big Fish. Directed by Tim Burton, Columbia Pictures/Jinks/Cohen Company/The Zanuck Company, 2003.

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

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Topic

Independence Happiness

Author

James Madison

Source

Republican Distribution of Citizens National Gazette

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James. "Republican Distribution of Citizens." National Gazette, 3 Mar. 1792.

Current Citation

Madison, James. Selected Writings of James Madison, edited by Ralph Ketcham. Hackett Publishing Company, 2006.

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

The Prophet

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Topic

Independence in relationships Independence Relationships

Author

Kahlil Gibran

Source

The Prophet

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gibran, Kahlil. "On Marriage." The Prophet. Alfred A. Knopf, 1923.

Current Citation

Gibran, Kahlil. "On Marriage." The Prophet. Penguin Classics, 2019.

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

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Topic

Independence

Author

Mahalia Jackson

Source

Movin' On Up

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Jackson, Mahalia and Evan McLoud Wylie. Movin' On Up. Hawthorn Books, 1966, ch. 1.