She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight. — Jeffrey Eugenides 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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“She had told the truth: she did not like to dance. Men assumed that a spinster wanted for excitement. Dried-up. They made… — Meredith Duran 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
“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
“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
“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
“All this time she’d thought it God’s will that she be a spinster. She had grown content with that expectation, taking satisfaction… — Karen Witemeyer 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
Man is potentially a son, and woman is potentially a mother; woman depends on the dependence of man. The spinster, if pathetic… — Stella Benson 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
“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
“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 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
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
“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
“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
“You're so pretty, Elizabeth,... Why, I'd never have taken you for a spinster.” — Debra Holland 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
“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
“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
When a gently born spinster has little money, her choices are few. She might receive an offer of marriage, but it's unlikely… — Jo Beverley 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 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
“...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
“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
“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
