--- title: "1 Celibate Quotes By Nicole Hardy" description: "1 Celibate quotes by Nicole Hardy. Plus more from Nicole Hardy and more Celibate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/nicole-hardy-22139_celibacy_no-prophet-or-apostle-has-lived-a-celiba_2755948.jpg" --- > [“No prophet or apostle has lived a celibate life is what I'd like to tell her. No one who's ever told me celibacy is a viable option has ever been celibate. They don't even use the word. They say 'abstinent,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/no-prophet-or-apostle-has-lived-a-celibate-life-is-what-i-d-like-to/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/nicole-hardy-22139_celibacy_no-prophet-or-apostle-has-lived-a-celiba_2755948.jpg) ## More by Nicole Hardy > [“The separation of young single adults from (plain old) single adults is supposedly a precaution against older men courting girls as young as eighteen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/the-separation-of-young-single-adults-from-plain-old-single-adults-is/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“That feels like the worst part: denying people hope. I don't know where I'd be if I couldn't even tell myself that any day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/that-feels-like-the-worst-part-denying-people-hope-i-don-t-know-where/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“I would, for the love of God, feel a man's hands on me before I die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/i-would-for-the-love-of-god-feel-a-man-s-hands-on-me-before-i-die/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“Sariah and Kim both nod when I say I woke up one day wondering, Whose life is this, and how did I end up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/sariah-and-kim-both-nod-when-i-say-i-woke-up-one-day-wondering-whose/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“I played along, spent the next two hours searching for Mormon men who are attractive, employed, educated, no more than two inches shorter than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/i-played-along-spent-the-next-two-hours-searching-for-mormon-men-who/) [Nicole hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“If I say no, sex isn't everything--those mechanics, that act--but it affects everything, she will say, "Be faithful." If I say sex casts a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/if-i-say-no-sex-isn-t-everything-those-mechanics-that-act-but-it/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“We seem expected to put up with bad manners and bizarre behavior from LDS men, I say. Things we'd never subject ourselves to on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/we-seem-expected-to-put-up-with-bad-manners-and-bizarre-behavior-from/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“My throat closes against the words I can't swallow, not one more time. Because it's not true, what they're telling me--what they've been telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/my-throat-closes-against-the-words-i-can-t-swallow-not-one-more-time/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“Kids need information in order to make good decisions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/kids-need-information-in-order-to-make-good-decisions/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“Rather than envy, anticipation, or joy, what I feel when I look at the bride is a shortness of breath. I hear the echo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/rather-than-envy-anticipation-or-joy-what-i-feel-when-i-look-at-the/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“There have to be men out there like us: committed to the Gospel, if not the culture of the church, she says. I nod…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/there-have-to-be-men-out-there-like-us-committed-to-the-gospel-if-not/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“I can't bear to look at the screen itself, the women in pastels, like so many Jordan almonds. The men in suits, wearing equally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/i-can-t-bear-to-look-at-the-screen-itself-the-women-in-pastels-like/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“For Mormon women, however, motherhood is an identity, rather than a role.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/for-mormon-women-however-motherhood-is-an-identity-rather-than-a-role/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“Five minutes later, I have in my hand a one-way ticket that will take me back to the island of Grand Cayman to live.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/five-minutes-later-i-have-in-my-hand-a-one-way-ticket-that-will-take/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) > [“Already I'm wondering if it will happen again, and when: that what I've been conditioned to fear, taught to avoid, will instead reveal the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/already-i-m-wondering-if-it-will-happen-again-and-when-that-what-i-ve/) [Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celibate/nicole-hardy/#itemlist", "name": "1 Celibate Quotes By Nicole Hardy", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No prophet or apostle has lived a celibate life is what I'd like to tell her. 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