“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
“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
“An old maid, that’s what I’m to be. A literary spinster, with a pen for a spouse, a family of stories for… — Louisa May Alcott 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
“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
“She could see the headlines now. ‘Spinster dies alone in her condo. No one discovered her corpse for three days.’ She had… — Diane Merrill Wigginton Copy Share Image
My life has always been geared towards my career. If my life is complete in other ways then I don't mind being… — Kylie Minogue 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
“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
“To remain a spinster was to be societally “redundant,” but to marry, for a girl, was to be absorbed into the self… — Carina Chocano 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
Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“What does the word “spinster” do that “bachelor” doesn’t do? Why do they carry different associations? These are language acts, people!” — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
“If only others knew that Lady Calpurnia Hartwell, proper, well-behaved spinster, entertained deep-seated and certainly unladylike thoughts about fictional heroes.” — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth. [Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
If the men in the room would only think how they would feel graduating with a 'spinster of arts' degree they would… — Gloria Steinem 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
“...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
“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 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
![“Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth. [Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille toute sa vie, quand il n'y aura que des hommes senses sur la terre.]” quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/jean-jacques-rousseau-418_auras_every-blue-stocking-will-remain-a-spinst_1681727.jpg)
