“ Which crime has the female sex committed to be sentenced to the harsh necessity which consists of being locked up all life either as a prisoner or a slave? I call the nuns prisoners and the married wo… Christina Queen of Sweden
“ 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 Ephron
“ This is not an apartment in which fresh vegetables are consumed. It smells like a dead spice rack. Douglas Coupland
“ I say this explicitly, that it is impossible for me to marry. That is the way it is for me. My temper is a mortal enemy to this horrible yoke, which I would not accept, even if I thus would become the… Christina Queen of Sweden
“ Cannot put a finger on what precedes the other, bachelor/spinsterhood or self-obsession. Sandeep Sahajpal
“ [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
