"It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m n..."
- Coco Chanel
"I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me."
- William Shakespeare
"LEONATOWell, then, go you into hell?BEATRICENo, but to the gate; and there will the devil meet me, like an old cuckold, with horns on his head, and say 'Get you to heaven, Beatrice, get you to heaven;..."
"LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICENot till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valian..."
"If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening ..."
"Cannot put a finger on what precedes the other, bachelor/spinsterhood or self-obsession."
- Sandeep Sahajpal
"(Response to King Erik XIV of Sweden's proposal of marriage:)"[W]hile we perceive ... the zeal and love of your mind towards us is not diminished, yet in part we are grieved that we cannot gratify you..."
- Elizabeth I
"I'm single because I was born that way."
- Mae West
"Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution."
"If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married."