“ It was easy, terribly easy, to become with time a middle-aged spinster with a sharp tongue. She would have to guard against this. Alexander McCall Smith
“ Isn't that how falling in love so often works? Some stranger appears out of nowhere and becomes a fixed star in your universe. Kate Bolick
“ Without a doubt... the worst part of being a single woman was having to take care of your own car. Lisa Kleypas
“ I mean what else is there for a woman to do if she doesn't want to go from the parental to the marital home with nothing in between? 'An educated woman,'Millie amended. 'An educated woman,' Ursula agr… Kate Atkinson
“ ...but now, driving past the billboard I realized that losing everything is death. A death that I crave and I don't want anyone to save me Kate Bolick
“ Of course, these were only dreams. How could a sensible woman leave a happy marriage? All the same, a seductive voice from afar kept breaking into her conjugal peace: it was the voice of solitude. Milan Kundera
“ I truly hate being a guest in someone's home...Worst of all, you have to 'make nice' at all hours. I don't want someone across the table from me while I'm eating my breakfast. I don't want to share th… Sue Grafton
“ You have got a sharp tongue, haven't you honey? You'll have to watch it or you'll go to a lonely spinster's grave. Margaret Way
“ If I was an eccentric old spinster in a Merchant Ivory movie, I'd want to share my lovely cottage with Holly and that's the truth. I'd do the cooking and leave the decorating to her, and we'd be insep… Lisa Samson
