“She is not proud, but she does carry herself well. She walks with her head held high because she doesn’t believe in needing people to save her; she has always been strong enough to save herself.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“She is not hard to love as people say, she just doesn’t want to be with the wrong person because when she loves someone, she loves them fiercely and fearlessly.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“She’s strong because she’s been through a lot and she had to learn how to survive on her own.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”— ― Michel de Montaigne, amazon.com
“He makes you a better person. He’s allowed you to blossom on your own, as an independent woman within the relationship, because he loves and respects you that much.”— Stacey Becker, thoughtcatalog.com
“I grew up believing that I could do it all by myself. I had to stand up for myself to the school bullies, unlike some of my friends, whose older siblings stood up for them. There was no ‘co’ anyone in my life in regard to my relationship with my parents. If I got into trouble for getting home late f…”— Chandrayee Chatterjee, 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
“Every rose has it's thorn, but that doesn't mean you have to put up with a ton of pricks.”— Kelly Rossi, amazon.com