“I mean, I don't really deal with break-ups, but it's not so bad being alone.”— Ari Graynor, Katie, amazon.com
“Whenever single people complain about anything, I really want them to shut the fuck up. First of all, if you’re single, your life has no consequence on the earth. Even if you’re helping people aggressively, which you’re fucking not, nobody gives a shit what happens to you. You can die, and it actual…”— Louis CK, amazon.com
“Only in the moments we are naked in our skin will we know the importance of loving every inch of our body.”— Leena Sanders, thoughtcatalog.com
“When we are alone, we learn how to be alone. The most productive moments of mending ourselves is done in the company of our own existence.”— Leena Sanders, thoughtcatalog.com
“Singleness is just a state of being, like what color shirt you are wearing, or what hair style you are currently sporting. It isn’t inherently good or bad, it is totally value neutral!”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Even back in high school, when my other friends would have some significant other to hold hands with on their way to AP European History, I was holding hands with my textbooks or a giant bag of cookies I smuggled out of the cafeteria.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re single because you haven’t met someone who makes the alternative seem like the better option. Some might toss words your way like ‘picky’ or ‘selective’, but why should that be a bad thing?”— Ari Eastman, Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’ve also come to realize I enjoy prioritizing the things I want to do for myself, because if I go into a relationship, I want to be 100% ready and be able to give my whole commitment to the person I love.”— Jeremiah Diana, thoughtcatalog.com
“I have the whole world to explore. I have so many new people to meet, so many new places to visit, and so many new memories to make. And I genuinely feel that if I were to get into a relationship right now, I would feel stifled.”— Sai Sailaja Seshadri, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s almost as if it is a sin for a person, especially a girl, to want to be single and independent.”— Sai Sailaja Seshadri, thoughtcatalog.com
“Create space for someone who matters. Let yourself be open to the opportunity of a truly inspiring relationship. Be bold enough to not apologize or be ashamed of dating yourself. You’re pretty amazing.”— Kali Rogers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Getting hitched means compromise… which means letting go of some single behaviors you can't help but still love.”— Amanda Cohen, thrillist.com
“If the country is to flourish, we must make room for free women, and let go of the economic and social systems built around the presumption that no woman really counts unless she is married.”— Rebecca Traister, nymag.com
“In fact, wherever you find increasing numbers of single women in history, you find change.”— Rebecca Traister, nymag.com
“...the rise of the single woman is an exciting turn of historical events because it entails a complete rethinking of who women are and what family is and who holds dominion within it — and outside it.”— Rebecca Traister, nymag.com
“Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content.”— Lauren Conrad, amazon.com