Mrs. Dubose (From "To Kill a Mockingbird")

I'm from another era and a different time. I'm from a porch of an old house with a steep front step and a dog-trot hall, Where camellias grow proud and strong in the garden of my family's house. I am from having my own opinions and making do with the world in my own way. From a place where independence was all I seemed to want. Where this addiction controls my body, but NOT my heart. I am from finding the gift I chose to give myself, to go in peace and in freedom; For in the end, I will be "living free and beholden to nothing and nobody."