"Bread Givers" Quotes
A young immigrant girl struggles to break free from the traditional expectations of her family and find her own voice in early 20th century New York City.
fiction | 336 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I heard a voice within me, saying, “You can do what you want to do.”
I want to be a person. I want to think for myself.
I'll be what I want to be, or else I won't be anything at all.
I ain't a bit sorry for what I done. I wanted to live. I'm alive now.
What's the use of living if I have to give up my own life?
I'm going to make something of myself. I got to or I'll bust.
I want to live where life's big and free and I can breathe.
I want to live. I want to be free to be myself.
I’m going to be somebody. I’m going to live. I’m going to be free.
I want to be a person, not a wife.





