Being single is like being an artist, not because creating a functional single life is an art form, but because it requires the same close attention to one's singular needs, as well as the will and focus to fulfill them. Just as the artist arranges her life around her creativity, sacrificing conventional comforts and even social acceptance, sleeping and eating according to her own rhythms, so that her talent thrives above all else, nurtured the way a child might be, so a single person has to think hard to decipher what makes her happiest and most fulfilled.

- Kate Bolick, Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

I'm single because I was born that way.

- Mae West

There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was understood that one of society's main tasks was matchmaking. People with lifelong friendships and ties to local nonprofessional organizations did not have to fear that isolation would accompany retirement, old age, or losing a spouse. Overburdened householders could count on the assistance not only of their own extended families, but of the American tradition of neighborliness.

- Judith Martin, Common Courtesy: In Which Miss Manners Solves the Problem That Baffled Mr. Jefferson

we live in a world where singles are more sexual active than couples

- Mohlalefi j motsima

When you are feeling sad and lonely because you are single, remember that there are a lot of people stuck in bad relationships who wish they could be in your shoes.

- Pamela Cummins, Psychic Wisdom on Love and Relationships

You don’t need a significant other to lead a significant life.

- Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

Singles have a purpose that is higher than any earthly relationship. Marriage is honorable, but so is being single.

- Monica Johnson

...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.

- Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

You’ll never get a new ending if you keep starting with the same tired beginning.

- Lisa Daily, Single-Minded

The ''good-enough marriage'' is definitely not good enough for today's singles. We're not content to marry someone who happens to live down the street and gets along okay with our parents.

- Aziz Ansari, Modern Romance