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title: "3 Single Self Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Single Self quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Single Self sayings and thoughts."
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> [“We’re a bundle of incompatible parts, and we make up stories about ourselves to disguise the fact. The mental unity of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/we-re-a-bundle-of-incompatible-parts-and-we-make-up-stories-about/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/david-lodge-11610_identity_we-re-a-bundle-of-incompatible-parts-and_228141.jpg)

> [I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-cannot-tell-what-you-and-other-men-think-of-this-life-but-for-my/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/william-shakespeare-4_awe_i-cannot-tell-what-you-and-other-men-thi_1330452.jpg)

> [To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-jessica-parker/to-be-in-a-couple-do-you-have-to-put-your-single-self-on-a-shelf/)

[Sarah Jessica Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-jessica-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/sarah-jessica-parker-2809_couple_to-be-in-a-couple-do-you-have-to-put-you_2064002.jpg)

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