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"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will."
"Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings?… I am not a machine. I am a human being. I am a woman."
"I am not afraid of you. I am not afraid of anyone but myself."
"If I were what I once was, I should be good to you: but I am no longer what I once was."
"You should learn to take care of yourself, and not to depend on others."
"I am a plain, simple, poor schoolmistress, and I have nothing to be ashamed of."
"Love me, then, or leave me, but do not torture me."