Steven Brust Quotes

When making a decision, focus on what feels "shackles off" versus "shackles on".

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.

Words are like untying a corset - you can move into this great space with them.

Knowing that everything is possible suddenly nothing is necessary.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster.

Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.

Here is the crux of the matter, the distilled essence, the only thing you need to remember: When considering whether to say yes or no, you must choose the response that feels like freedom. Period.

Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.

What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking.

There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.

There's the old notion that where there's choice, there's chaos, and where there's no choice, there's clarity. If you've got no choice, you've gotta be there, and you've gotta have your heart in it. It leads to a much less self-conscious life.

There's a certain moment when you realize that you've actually just left the planet for a bit and that nobody can touch you. . .When it works, baby, you've got wings.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

You are always free to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do not do at all

Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step.

I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.

The demand for liberty is a demand for power, either for possession of powers of action not already possessed or for retention and expansion of powers already possessed.

I'm sort of like a rat in a maze - I'm moving forward, and any choice I make at the time seems like the only one I can make.

Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

My idea of a true feminist is a woman who feels free enough to do whatever she wants.

Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide

The magic girl licked the wet off her arms and looked over to me as if to say, See? You don't have to behave like them, you don't have to behave like anyone.

Dare I speak ,to oppressed and opressor in the same voice? Dare I speak to you in a language that will move beyond the boundaries of domination- a language, that will not bind you, fence you in, or hold you? Language is also a place of struggle. The oppressed struggle in language to recover ourselves, to reconcile, to reunite, to renew. Our words are not without meaning, they are an action, a resistance. Language is also a place of struggle.