Single Female Quotes

15 quotes from 13 authors

Seeing a single woman step into a boardroom or lecture hall feels like a quiet rebellion. These voices blend longing, frustration, and quiet strength that arise in spaces built for others. For readers interested in gender equity or leadership, the women in power and workplace diversity pages are worth checking.

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Single female life is not prescription, but its opposite: liberation.

Rebecca Traister

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“Ask a guy who his favourite authors are. If he doesn't list a single female among them, something up.”

Stephanie Davies

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In 1953, the idea of a single female police recruit to the New York City Police Department, let alone a handful, was…

Sarah Weinman

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In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

Rainbow Rowell

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Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through…

Diana Ross

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“Just 6 million years ago, a single female ape had two daughters. One became the acestor of all chimpanzees, the other is…

Yuval Noah Harari

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“There is always a thought of marriage between a single female and a personable gentleman, if not in his mind, quite certainly…

Georgette Heyer

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I never had a single female professor throughout my whole education, from the beginning of university to the end. Even all the…

Margaret Geller

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I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her…

Edward Gibbon

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The crime and violence in the black community is a prime example of the damaging effect of broken families and single female-headed…

Jesse Lee Peterson

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It shouldn't be normal to seldom see a single female face in a managerial position or on the boards of the biggest…

Vick Hope

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“Stop it,” I smacked him. “What if that was some guy hitting on me? I swear you attract single females in a…

Micalea Smeltzer

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“There are worse things than being thirty-five, single, and female in New York. Like: Being twenty-five, singled, and female in New York.…

Candace Bushnell

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“The hardcore drug addicts that I treat, are, without exception, people who have had extraordinarily difficult lives. The commonality is childhood abuse.…

Gabor Maté

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“Just 6 million years ago, a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is…

Yuval Noah Harari

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