" I could sense the slightest abridgment of my freedom like a princess who can feel the impression of a pea under forty featherbeds. I felt it when I was in romantic relationships. I felt it when I was given a gift. I felt it when someone held even the faintest influence over me. And when I felt it, I felt rage— "

― Ken Ilgunas , Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom