“Singles are far from being in the minority—and they are far better positioned to realize happiness and fulfillment throughout their lives.”— Tiffy Thompson, vice.com
“I don't want my life to be over. I want my freedom!”— Mark Andrews, Mérida (voice), Kelly MacDonald, imdb.com
“Tony Soprano: I tell you, I'm havin' a time. Stay out late. Come home drunk. Fuck anyone I want. Silvio Dante: Yeah, so what's the difference? (Compared to when Tony was married) Tony Soprano: I dunno, it's the mindset.”— Matthew Weiner, Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini, imdb.com
“Sometimes, it’s better to be alone for a while. To be in a relationship with yourself rather than with someone who makes you feel even more lonely. To give yourself permission to let go of the person you tried to be in all of your relationships in order to become who you were really meant to be.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“The endless string of first dates where you just say the same shit over and over again in the same places starts getting tiresome.””— Aziz Ansari, amazon.com
“Missing from the stacks of journal articles is any sustained attention to the risks of intensive coupling—investing all of your emotional and relationship stock into just one person, “The One”—or to the resilience offered by the networks of friends and family that so many single people maintain.”— Bella DePaulo, amazon.com
“We hear all about how single people are supposedly at risk for becoming lonely, but little about the creative, intellectual, and emotional potential of solitude… We are told that single people do not have the intimacy that married people find in their partners, but hear only crickets about the genui…”— Bella DePaulo, amazon.com
“If you are not already a happy person, don’t count on marriage to transform you into one. If you are already happy, don’t expect marriage to make you even happier…finally, if you are single and happy, do not fret that you will descend into despair if you dare to stay single. That’s not likely either…”— Bella DePaulo, amazon.com
“If I'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself.”— Blake Lively, marieclaire.com
“If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do.”— Thomas Hardy, amazon.com
“Being single is not a death sentence. It’s not some incurable disease that deems you unlovable or unable to thrive and find enormous amounts of joy.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“2016 was the year that I finally realized that I'm better off alone because nobody ever cares about me as much as I care about them.”— kass, twitter.com
“You reason, ‘It’s better than being alone.’ He’s cheated, he’s lazy but he’s also breathing and wields a pretty mean sex game, so you opt to make it work with him instead of running the risk of staying drenched in singleness.”— Janelle Harris, thestir.cafemom.com
“You haven't been single longer than a week in your whole adult life.”— Janelle Harris, thestir.cafemom.com
“He has not moved on to someone else. This means he is still ripe for you. Getting him back now will be easier than after he finds someone new.”— Dan K. Jenkins, helpgettingbacktogether.com
“We should never rely our happiness from other people. We need not to find anyone to complete us, because we are already perfect and capable.”— Racquelshii Manuel, thoughtcatalog.com
“You won't get roped into double dates with your best friend's S.O.”— Hannah Orenstein, seventeen.com
“No one gets jealous when you stare at Harry Styles' dreamy green eyes for, like, 10,000 hours. Or write fan fic about Harry sweeping you off your feet and spending his entire year off from One Direction traveling the world together. Or when you snap pics of you and Harry with hearts and "Mrs. Harry…”— Hannah Orenstein, seventeen.com