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Single life2 quotes
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. — Edna Ferber · 1929Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery. — Molly Haskell · 1999Single women2 quotes
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. — Edna Ferber · 1929Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery. — Molly Haskell · 1999Patriarchy1 quote
Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery. — Molly Haskell · 1999