Single people should, in theory, be the purest embodiment of American values of self-sufficiency and individualism. That they’re not speaks to the fact that we don’t venerate the individual — we venerate the individual family.
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You don’t have a settled life, stuck in one place. Celebrate this freedom while you can.
Stay single until you find someone who complements rather than completes you.
It’s 2019 and Lizzo is in power, the most important opinion of my appearance is my own.
You sparkle without him. Know that.
— Danny McBride, John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley, Kelvin Gemstone, Adam DeVine, imdb.com
Just say you fucking like me. Just be nice and normal. This constantly dangling affection just out of reach is more than I can handle. I consider whether this is a viable relationship, and then wonder if it’s too soon or too stupid to consider that. I just want someone who feels like coming home.
I love being single. You know what I do? Whatever I want all the time.
Before I learned the value of a good digital detox, I was bathing myself in jealousy like it was a new deeply scented product from Lush.
Invest your time, don’t just spend it.
My married friends are obsessed with getting me married and I go along cause clearly its the only interesting part about their dull marriage.
Singles are far from being in the minority—and they are far better positioned to realize happiness and fulfillment throughout their lives.
We’re all always products on the market, and we’re constantly trying to advertise our better selves in that market.
i think about this poem a lot. as a single woman in a culture/society that constantly sells romance, i feel isolated. people often refer to themselves as "lucky" when they find someone, but does that mean i am "unlucky"? this poem reminds me that i'm not. thanks, @nktgill
You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend, and you've never watched Star Trek? Good Lord...
— Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Patrick Stewart, Patrick Stewart, imdb.com
I’m not angry, or mean, or dealing with a terribly uncomfortable underwire — I’m just trying to get from one place to another without allowing the onslaught of unwanted comments from total strangers to whittle away at me.
You can understand communication and still end up single.
When did being alone become the modern-day equivalent of being a leper? Will Manhattan restaurants soon be divided up into sections -- smoking, non-smoking, single, non-single?
— Michael Patrick King, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com
You hire people when they’re young, single, looking for something to commit to, to build their lives around. Pay them twice what they’re worth. It builds loyalty.
Miles: We may only have a few seconds together before the next bell. I need you to sum up your entire being in four words. Go! Cute Girl: Not interested in you. Miles: Four words on the dot.
Roxie: Hey, what's that for? Sabrina: Josh and I are throwing a singles party at the coffeehouse. I'm sure you think it's stupid. Roxie: I haven't been on a date in five months. I can live with stupid. Sabrina: Well, there's no motivation like desperation.
— Adam England, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com