“You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, book Half of a Yellow Sun

Source: Half of a Yellow Sun

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Song: The Best Things in Life are Free

“Death alone gives meaning to life, and you will never fully live until you know you must die. And make your peace with that knowledge.”

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“The moon belongs to everyone
The best things in life they're free
Stars belong to everyone
They cling there for you and for me.”

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“Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don't want you to be stuck with your own life. It's too little.”

Stella Adler (1901–1992) American actress and teaching coach

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“Myrnin said softly. "And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Ghost Town

“You gave your body to the lonely,
They took your clothes.
You gave up a wife and a family
You gave your ghost.
To be alone with me.
To be alone with me
You went up on a tree.
I've never met a man who loved me.”

Sufjan Stevens (1975) American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

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“There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.”

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Context: Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.

“You live alone, creating your life as you go.”

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