{"quotes":[{"text":"She knew it was time, What for was the mystery but focused; she remained.She turned her back on anythingthat no longer served her strengths nor taught her vital lessons with her weaknesses.She said no without explanation \u0026 assigned validation back just to parking spots. She was fierce but gentle and authentic in her approach to live even if it meant standing alone.She knew the hard days weren't over but stood proud that she had already survived some of the worst. She laughed in the midst of a mindfuck \u0026 gathered her worth with all the pieces of herself that have held her together throughout the years. She knew it was timeWhat for was the mystery, but focused; she remained. She learnt that motherhood provided unconditional love doesn't have boundaries, it's pure in all its forms. Family are rare connections.Friendships are like shoes, not all will fit but when some do it's like you have won the lotto. She learnt that every love was different and how important it was to keep her heart open for the possibility of being able to experience it just one more time.","author":"Nikki Rowe","tags":["authentic","awaken","awareness","break-free","empower","empowering-women","free-spirit","growth","independent","inner-being","inspire","journey","seeker","self-help","she","soul","wild","wild-and-free","wild-soul","wise","wise-woman","woman","women"],"id":2742,"author_id":"Nikki+Rowe"},{"text":"Depend on no one else to give you what you want.","author":"Destiny's Child","tags":["independent","woman"],"id":3819,"author_id":"Destiny%27s+Child"},{"text":"Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","adolescent","adolescents","adult","adulthood","adults","africa","african","ancient","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","child","children","dead","death","deep","dependence","dependent","develop","developing","development","dictum","dictums","epigram","epigrams","existence","four-stages-of-life","funny","gnome","gnomes","grandparent","grandparents","grow","growing","growth","humor","humorous","humour","immortal","immortality","independence","independent","infant","infants","insightful","life","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","mortal","mortality","newborn","newborns","old","old-age","old-age-home","old-age-homes","phase","phases","philosopher","prepubescent","process","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","retire","retired","retiree","retirees","retirement","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","senile","senility","south-africa","south-african","stage","stages","stages-of-life","teenage","teenager","teenagers","thought-provoking","thoughtful","young","youth","youths"],"id":6452,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Independence' is a magic word, because nowhere in the Cosmos does it actually exist.","author":"Gabriel Brunsdon","tags":["dependent","independence","independent","magic"],"id":8846,"author_id":"Gabriel+Brunsdon"},{"text":"This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.","author":"Louise Slaughter","tags":["ethics","stand","independent "],"id":10309,"author_id":"Louise+Slaughter"},{"text":"I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.","author":"Adam Levine","tags":["being alone","independent "],"id":11536,"author_id":"Adam+Levine"},{"text":"A man with integrity, with vision, with a sense of purpose and place in the world as exactly himself. That's the kind of man I'll settle for.","author":"Nikki Rowe","tags":["courage","independent","integrity","life","love","love-and-life","love","love-story","passion","strength","wild-woman","woman","women"],"id":16287,"author_id":"Nikki+Rowe"},{"text":"Once a woman is comfortable in her own skin, living her own life and building a foundation by herself; it takes one heck of a man to make her want to sacrifice her independence.","author":"Nikki Rowe","tags":["free-spirit","independence","independent","inner-strength","strong-woman","wild-woman","womanhood","women","women"],"id":16781,"author_id":"Nikki+Rowe"},{"text":"... And you might say “no, you will never do that, that’s not you, not who I know, not who I thought you were”and I will say“watch me”for I never did this to fit inor stand outbut to live.","author":"Charlotte Eriksson","tags":["beat-the-odds","charlotte-eriksson","determination","dreams","fit-in","go-your-own-way","goals","independent","inspiration","inspiring","life","living","motivation","motivational","persistance","prose","quote","songwriter","stand-out","the-glass-child"],"id":20071,"author_id":"Charlotte+Eriksson"},{"text":"I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.","author":"Harold Pinter","tags":["good","political","independent "],"id":20881,"author_id":"Harold+Pinter"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":148,"pages":15,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}