Terry Brooks Quotes

When my mother tells me to do something, I'll do my own thing. A strong character can be good, but sometimes it is not good. I hope it's good in my case.

I will always do what I want to do and I won't go with the crowd.

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

I literally just do whatever I want to do.

I just do whatever I want to do.

No one can ban me or stop me from acting.

A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.

I am Zarathustra the Godless: where shall I find my equal? All those who give themselves their own will and renounce all submission, they are my equals.

For I was never able to understand, then or later on, why, if one wanted to do a thing, one should not do it. For I have never waited to do as I wished. This has frequently brought me to disaster and calamity, but at least I have had the the satisfaction of getting my own way.

It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!

You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible objective, with no justification and, above all, outside the dictatorship of someone else's narrative.

There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world does owe you a living, you must be your own collector.

In my heart I'm independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.

Give a man free hands, and you'll know where to find them.

Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.

Women want to serve, and this is where their happiness lies: but the free spirit does not want to be served, and this is where hishappiness lies.

Our whole evolution has reached a stage where nearly every man is either ruler or ruled; sometimes he is both. By this the attitude of dependence has been greatly strengthened, for a truly free man does not like to play the part of either the ruler or the ruled. He is, above all, concerned with making his inner values and personal powers effective in a way as to permit him to use his own judgment in all affairs and to be independent in action.

It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves.

Did you tell freedom hello for me?

Tell freedom I said hello.

I was born, have lived, and will die free.

I do things in my own way, but I've never felt any need to rebel.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

If a man is to be a man, a free spirit unto himself, he must arm himself not only with weapons but with ideals and concepts he is willing to die for.

Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats.