“Getting a guy to want you also means making him understand that you don’t really need him. You might want him in your life, but that’s different than needing him to be there. Rather than get too clingy or start relying on him for help, money or anything else, show him that you have your own life to…”— Sean Jameson, badgirlsbible.com
“A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com
“So I know I am right not to settle, but it doesn’t make me feel better as my friends pair off and I stay home on Friday night with a bottle of wine and make myself an extravagant meal and tell myself, This is perfect, as if I’m the one dating me.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I think I’m better off spending my time in a relationship with myself, out exploring the world, becoming more in tune with the person who I will most definitely never break up with – me.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Why can’t being single and free be as valuable and respected as the role of a mother or wife?”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“When I join a local ceremony, hitchhike across a country, or learn how to ski, do I really need a counterpart there to legitimize that, to legitimize me?”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Maybe we can be each other’s soul mates. And then we can let men be just these great, nice guys to have fun with.”— Darren Star, Michael Patrick King, Charlotte York, Kristin Davis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Monogamy is on its way out again. It had a brief comeback in the 90s, but as the millennium approaches, everyone’s leaving their options open.”— Darren Star, Stanford Blatch, Willie Garson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you’re pretty sexy and you’re taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.”— Michael Patrick King, Darren Star, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, thoughtcatalog.com
“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.”— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com
“I refuse to believe that love won’t be mine one day. It’s hard to fight that belief on some days, I’ll be honest, but one thing I’m realizing is that you can’t force love.”— Ashley Jones, thoughtcatalog.com