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“I would rather be a spinster than sold off, traded in, whatever they may call it.”

Book:The Secret Mandarin

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The Secret Mandarin

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Sara Sheridan

Sara Sheridan is a British writer born in 1968. Her works span across historical novels, children's literature, and adult fiction. Sheridan is known for her rich imagination and deep understanding of history, often blending elements of mystery and adventure in her novels. more

“I truly hate being a guest in someone's home...Worst of all, you have to 'make nice' at all hours. I don't want someone across the table from me while I'm eating my breakfast. I don't want to share the newspaper and I don't want to talk to anyone at the end of the day. If I were interested in that shit, I'd be married again by now and put a permanent end to all the peace and quiet.”

Single Life Spinster

Book:N is for Noose

Source: N is for Noose

“We all love Jamie too much to see him spend the rest of his life with only three decrepit old bags of bones for company." "I'm fifty-six," said Lucie indignantly. "I'm closer to Jamie's age than yours! Watch who you're calling a decrepit bag of bones." ... "Why is it you're never concerned about my romantic life, or lack thereof?" "Darling, you said it yourself, you're fifty-six," Ian said soothingly. "You're an established spin - " "If you say the word spinster, I'll skewer you on a spit.”

Humor Spinster

Book:The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Source: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

“You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.”

Religion Magic Intelligence Superstition

Author:Aldous Huxley

“I am not beautiful and I am sarcastic and I believe I am better than most in this town and that is why I am a thirty-six-year-old orphan with no husband and why no man in Spring City has ever even held my hand.”