“As for Headmistress Crouch, I pegged her as the type who wouldn't have a mate, either because of her exacting standards, or… — Stacey Lee Copy Share Image
“I mean what else is there for a woman to do if she doesn't want to go from the parental to the… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“If I was an eccentric old spinster in a Merchant Ivory movie, I'd want to share my lovely cottage with Holly and… — Lisa Samson 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
“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
“...but now, driving past the billboard I realized that losing everything is death. A death that I crave and I don't want… — Kate Bolick Copy Share Image
“Isn't that how falling in love so often works? Some stranger appears out of nowhere and becomes a fixed star in your… — Kate Bolick Copy Share Image
“I am not beautiful and I am sarcastic and I believe I am better than most in this town and that is… — Kaitlyn Greenidge Copy Share Image
“Cause she doesn’t want to see another marriage. She’s getting old, and there ain’t a man alive who’d be wanting to take… — Laura Langdon Copy Share Image
“The word spinster, mixed with stifled laughter from the living room, picked her ear like a needle. Will I ever escape the… — Zoë S. Roy Copy Share Image
“I will read and draw, and have a wonderful time with all my dear nephews and nieces" Emma smiled, thinking on them.… — Katy Birchall 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
“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
“I would sooner become a spinster than spend a lifetime with a boring, unimaginative man.” — Lynn Austin Copy Share Image
“A spinster who cannot ‘spin’ a worthwhile ‘star’ is a fallen ‘star’.” — Vincent Okay Nwachukwu 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
“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
“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
“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
“And there’s nothing wrong with spinsters, anyway. They have nice cats and little bowls full of candy. Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Newitz… — Catherynne M. Valente 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
“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
“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
“During Mao’s era, the Chinese people were absolutely controlled by the Communist Party that decided food and accommodation, education and employment, what… — Zoë S. Roy 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
