Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish? — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I would rather die a spinster—poor, ruined, scorned, and alone—than suffer that heartbreak daily.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“A spinster who cannot ‘spin’ a worthwhile ‘star’ is a fallen ‘star’.” — Vincent Okay Nwachukwu Copy Share Image
“A wide-brimmed spinster’s hat had been thrown up in the sky. It was gradually falling into the deep ocean.” — Zoë S. Roy Copy Share Image
“I would sooner become a spinster than spend a lifetime with a boring, unimaginative man.” — Lynn Austin Copy Share Image
I always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats. — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
“An old maid, that’s what I’m to be. A literary spinster, with a pen for a spouse, a family of stories for… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Of course, these were only dreams. How could a sensible woman leave a happy marriage? All the same, a seductive voice from… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The way she told it, the English counties are littered with aging spinsters who accidentally displayed a spark of intelligence at a… — Michelle Cooper Copy Share Image
The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“It was a business that engaged a significant part of the nation; the wool was given to village women to comb and… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I was conducting research, determining whether I’d be truly content as a spinster.” “You wouldn’t… — Christi Caldwell Copy Share Image
“Or, unless the practical spinster routinely turned into a secret seductive siren at bedtime. Gad, could he be so blessed?” — Alina K. Field Copy Share Image
“Miss Tarabotti felt such rules did not entirely apply to her, as she was a spinster. Had been a spinster for as… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“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… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
My life has always been geared towards my career. If my life is complete in other ways then I don't mind being… — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
“Sympathy for the spinster. I'm perfectly content, thank you. And I refuse to be defined by my boyfriend. Or lack of. Once… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The word barren tells you everything you need to know...The word spinster tells you everything you need to know about our attitude… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Which are you? Are you the single woman who is just barely getting by who will become an insignificant spinster one day?… — Dannah Gresh Copy Share Image
Even Alexia, spinster that she was, was given an allowance large enough to dress her to the height of fashion— although she… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“I suppose an unmarried woman just over thirty, who lives alone and has no apparent ties, must expect to find herself involved… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“And heart's frosty discipline Exact as a snowflake. But here–a burgeoning Unruly enough to pitch her five queenly wits Into vulgar motley–… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“We all love Jamie too much to see him spend the rest of his life with only three decrepit old bags of… — Sangu Mandanna Copy Share Image
“For the first time, she enjoyed the freedom of being a thirty-year-old spinster. This was a distinctly compromising situation that no schoolroom… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to relax. I don’t want to … oh, dear Lord.” He had bent his head to her throat, searching… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Blast. This day had not gone as planned. By this time, he was supposed to be well on his way to the… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
It is possible for a spinster to be disappointed in lovers, but only the married are ever disappointed in love. — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image
“He said it. He said it. He said it. He said what he was thinking. 40-year old spinster. It hurt. It hurt.… — Abigail George Copy Share Image
“I would rather be a spinster than sold off, traded in, whatever they may call it.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The word spinster tells you everything that you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry, yes. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“Not me, of course, as I am now officially a spinster librarian and must stay home with my cat and drink tea.” — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
“Nobody pushes a society to well-health than a spinster on a social mission and a bachelor on a personal one.” — Mantaranjot Mangat Copy Share Image
“The virgins are certain there's a circle of hell dedicated to that fear you'll never find anyone else.” — Analicia Sotelo Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
After all, if spinster chaperons required their own spinster chaperons there simply wouldn't be enough to go around. — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“You're so pretty, Elizabeth,... Why, I'd never have taken you for a spinster.” — Debra Holland Copy Share Image
