Happy people against colourful backdrops

Falling in love with yourself is the best kind of love story. (Flick: Getty)

The mere act of living unmarried is still considered a political or deliberate act in some schools of thought.

People assume being single is either an act of defiance – a refusal to follow gild'due south rules – or they think the reverse, and that it'south something to be shamed or a failure.

But really, what if information technology's neither? What if someone is perfectly happy being single, and only isn't interested in mingling.

This is for those people: the people who are happy merely being happy, waiting to see what life has waiting around the corner for them and no pressure level for that to include love, spousal relationship, and a baby carriage.

All-time quotes about being single

'Yous lonely are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.' – Maya Angelou

'Detect why yous're important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn't completely agree.' – Fisher Amelie

'To love oneself is the first of a lifelong romance.' – Oscar Wilde

Young woman waking up stretching in bed

Having the bed to yourself is just one do good of living single. (Motion picture: Getty)

'My alone feels then good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my confinement.' – Warsan Shire

'Unmarried isn't a status. But it's a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others.' – origin unknown

'The almost heady, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you observe someone to love the you you dearest, well, that's just fabled.' – Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City

'The man who follows the crowd will usually get no farther than the crowd. The human who walks alone is probable to find himself in places no 1 has e'er been earlier.' – Alan Ashley-Pitt

'I'm single because I was built-in that way.' – Mae West

'We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We become to determine for ourselves what is cute when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone.' – Jennifer Aniston

Young Woman Taking A Breath Of Fresh Air In Nature

Single people have more opportunity to really connect to themselves and the world around them. (Motion picture: Getty)

Quotes about refusing to stay in a bad relationship

Sometimes, being single comes about because someone finally decides that the situation they're in isn't working.

'Dear is a burn down. Simply whether it is going to warm your hearth or fire down your business firm, you can never tell' – Joan Crawford

'It'due south better to be good for you alone than sick with someone else' – Phil McGraw

'Sometimes it takes heartbreak to shake u.s. awake and aid us run into nosotros are worth and then much more than we're settling for.' – Mandy Hale

'The almost painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone as well much, and forgetting that you are special also.' – Ernest Hemingway

Yous've got to learn to leave the table when love'due south no longer being served – Nina Simone

Memes for single people

Single meme

So true! (Motion picture: Pinterest)

Single meme

Goals (Picture: Pinterest)

Single meme

Unsolicited communication (Movie: @MyTherapistSays/Instagram)

Single meme

Food is bae (Picture: Pinterest)

Single meme

Don't touch what yous can't afford (Pic: Pinterest)

Best songs about being single and single anthems

Independent Women, Destiny's Child

This one is for the ladies and theydies who have no trouble holding themselves downward.

An anthem for those who are living the unmarried life well – paying their bills, treating themselves and not in any hurry to settle down – or settle, full end.

Ridin' Solo, Jason DeRulo

An anthem for those who experience confident as a party of one – riding solo and riding high.

Believe, Cher

This ane is a piffling different in tone; this is an anthem for those who maybe were in a human relationship that, for whatever reason, didn't pan out.

Yous might have been in dear – and happily so – just dearest coming to an end doesn't hateful life coming to an end.

Single Ladies, Beyoncé

This one goes without proverb.

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