“ Marry for love. But also choose to marry a man or woman who you love that treats you with the ultimate respect for your expression of who you are at your very core. Julieanne O'Connor
“ There will be a time when love is beautiful and passionate and nothing else will exist but you and the person you love, and a time when love hurts so badly that you will wish you wouldn't wake up. I s… Julieanne O'Connor
“ My feeling on the subject of sex with a man is - don't give it up unless you're willing to give him up. Not in the beginning. Sex is power! Julieanne O'Connor
“ [F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried], which I assure you for my own part hath hitherto best contented myself and I trust hath be… Elizabeth I
“ There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead. Greta Garbo
“ If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. Elizabeth I
“ At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented. Tasha Alexander
“ We will all experience the judgment of others when we fall in love. Love with your whole being anyway. Julieanne O'Connor
“ Ladies, you have a ton of power if you just understand the fundamental differences between men and women and unaffectedly play by the rules. Julieanne O'Connor
“ [I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin. Elizabeth I
“ (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
“ 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
“ The ''good-enough marriage'' is definitely not good enough for today's singles. We're not content to marry someone who happens to live down the street and gets along okay with our parents. Aziz Ansari
“ There were a lot of these middle-aged single types in the neighborhood, shipwrecked by every kind of catastrophe, but she was one of the few who didn't have children, who lived alone, who was still ki… Junot Diaz
