#dom

He remembered the gracefulness with which she moved in battle—like liquid flesh. There was no one quite like his wife, and he never felt more triumphant and free than when he was in her company. ↗

— Nadia Scrieva

#freedom #grace #gracefulness #love #marriage

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. ↗

— Voltaire

#death

Human beings are no longer born to their place in life, and chained down by an inexorable bond to the place they are born to, but are free to employ their faculties, and such favourable chances as offer, to achieve the lot which may appear to them most desirable. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#independence #liberation #liberty #women #freedom

We must be free, but to have real freedom, you must be wild and free yourself. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#freedom #love-yourself #out-of-the-box #freedom

The use of drugs is not an effective means of facilitating real escape. It merely gives that erroneous and illusive impression. Well, illusive with an I and elusive with an E. At best, narcotics do no more than promote bonhomie and give you a temporary taste of what freedom might be like; and drugs take you into another sub-level of, or sub-culture in, the same old game. The same old game, but with additional consequences. And at worst, well ... suffice it to say that you really, really do not want to go there. ↗

— H.M. Forester

#escape #reality #freedom

If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). ↗

— Cynthia Heald

#freedom

Remember not all Germans were Nazis. ↗

— Erin Gruwell

#freedom

Consuming what is natural, good and untainted frees you, protects you, and realigns you with what is natural, peaceful and safe. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#freedom-of-choice #natural #peace #peace-movement #freedom

I believe, there is only one Limitation, Self Limitation I free myself from self restraint Freedom is not free, it is beyond value I earn my own freedom I reach into my darkest fear to free myself from deep within Here, I speak my truth on the dirt, under the sun in the name of LOVE ↗

— Imei Ho

#freedom

Three generations of women out on the front porch, four counting little Emily, trying to put words around a past and a future that could never be explained. ↗

— Lalita Tademy

#post-emancipation #freedom