#single

In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#day #discomfort #forced #habitually #hope

And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a dance or picnic. I ended up with forty acres; I ended up with a broken fiddle— And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories, And not a single regret. ↗

— Edgar Lee Masters

#fiddler #jones #laugh #memories #regret

There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#aloneness #beauty #being-single #faith #flying-solo

Was it new for one, perhaps too busy to seek, to be the prize of a girl who would seek him? ↗

— Jane Austen

#business

Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. ↗

— Mae West

#double-entendre #empowerment #freedom #independence #institutions

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread. ↗

— Robert Burton

#cable #cord #draw #fast #forcibly

Single is a choice, just like Married is. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#choice #marriage #married #positive-thinking #single

Being single doesn't mean you're weak. It means that you're strong enough to wait for what you deserve. ↗

— Niall Horan

#inspirational #love #single-women #inspirational

When it comes to men, women will insist that a lunge in their direction is not always welcome, and yet they cannot forgive a man who does not even attempt a sexual pursuit. Strange creatures, aren't they? ↗

— Dave Franklin

#forgiveness

I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#courtship #empowerment #freedom #happiness #husbands