Melissa Marr Quotes

I'll succeed,' Hazel promised. 'And Hecate? I'm not choosing one of your paths. I'm making my own.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

One thing about me is that I don't like being told I can't do something.

We will implement what we want. What we do not want, no one can impose on us

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

I don't do nothing I don't want to do.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

A real woman is someone who knows what she wants. If you want to stay home, that's fine, but you have to be clear-eyed.

You've got to make sure every decision you make is right for you as a person. If you think you can go to a better club than the one you're at, then, regardless of what anyone says, you should go.

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'

I never do anything that I don't want to do.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.

If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.

I know how to stand up for myself. I say no when I want to, yes when I want to, and no one can really change my mind.

I know what I need. I don't want people to tell me what I need.

It's cool to see a woman be like, 'This is what I want - this is what I don't want.' It's good to see someone making choices for themselves.

My father didn't want me to go to New York City, and I was determined to go. Learning to give myself the permission to be who I was in the world and to make my own choices was hard.

I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.

Please don't tell me what I can't do.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.