Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
Mae WestTag: empowerment freedom marriage self-reliance independence institutions double-entendre bachelorhood self-sufficiency singles
...and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.
P.G. WodehouseTag: humor bachelorhood
I'm single because I was born that way.
Mae WestTag: empowerment choice freedom self-determination independence bachelorhood singles dignity singleness
They say bachelors have all the fun. Not so. You just get old and full of sand, nasty.
Stephen KingTag: bachelorhood
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.
William ShakespeareTag: happiness love empowerment freedom marriage self-determination independence husbands courtship bachelorhood singles wooing
If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.
Elizabeth ITag: empowerment women freedom marriage self-determination self-reliance independence bachelorhood singles matrimony dignity queens spinsters preference british-monarchy british-royal-family
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 neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.
Coco ChanelTag: individuality strength love empowerment men women freedom marriage self-determination independence autonomy bachelorhood self-sufficiency singles matrimony
The desire to get married is a basic and primal instinct in women. It's followed by another basic and primal instinct: the desire to be single again.
Nora EphronTag: women marriage bachelorhood singles
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.
Jane AustenTag: men women marriage classics wives possessiveness bachelorhood single-men
If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening ...
William ShakespeareTag: happiness empowerment blessings freedom marriage self-determination independence husbands bachelorhood singles matrimony
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