I might be alone, but i'm never lonely.

I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.

Phoebe Marks was a person who never lost her individuality. Silent and self-contained, she seemed to hold herself within herself, and take no colour from the outer world.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

My self is all to me. I don't have any need of you.

Rocky, if I’ve learned anything from my train wreck of a marriage, it’s that no one can take care of me better than I can.