Spinsters Quotes

32 quotes by 29 authors

Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish? — Lisa Kleypas
TO ALL THE ambulance drivers firewatchers air-raid wardens nurses canteen workers airplane spotters rescue workers mathematicians vicars vergers shopgirls chorus girls librarians debutantes spinsters fishermen… — Connie Willis
After all, if spinster chaperons required their own spinster chaperons there simply wouldn't be enough to go around. — Anne Stuart
Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being… — Nancy Mitford
Jem was safe from her, and he would ride away with a song on his lips and a laugh at her expense, forgetful of her,… — Daphne du Maurier
Even Alexia, spinster that she was, was given an allowance large enough to dress her to the height of fashionâ€” although she did tend to… — Gail Carriger
I am not in love with you," she said. "It is an infatuation. I have heard of such derangements happening to elderly spinsters. — Loretta Chase
She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Many a housewife staring at the back of her husband's newspaper, or listening to his breathing in bed is lonelier than any spinster in a… — Germaine Greer
I'm not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel." "Why not? Because I'm a woman?" "No, because I've seen the way you… — Tessa Dare
There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands. — Agatha Christie
Not so very long ago, certainly well into the Thirties, a lady companion was a normal feature of life for widows or lone spinsters. — Laurie Graham

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