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. - Sex and the City

以前，单身说明你没人要。现在，单身说明你很性感，说明你正从容不迫地挑选自己想要的生活方式，挑选你想要与之一起生活的人。——《欲望都市》

Being single is getting over the illusion¹ that there is somebody out there to complete you and taking charge of your own life. - Omkar Phatakc

不要幻想你的真命天子会来填补你的空缺、接管你的生活。真正的单身需要克服这种错觉。——奥姆卡尔·帕塔科

My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude². - Warsan Shire

我一个人感觉很不错，只有你的陪伴比我的独处更甜蜜，我才会需要你。——沃森·赛尔

Too many women throw themselves into romance³ because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises4 and losing their identity⁴. I won't do that. - Julie Delpy

很多女人因为害怕单身而逼自己恋爱，然后就开始妥协，失去个性。我是不会那样做的。——朱丽·德尔比

If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can't afford to be with them. - Sloane Crosley

如果一个人要在你的要求下才会改变、才会说爱你、才会在吃晚饭时带酒、才会在飞机降落后给你打电话，那你们之间的关系是你无法承受的。——斯劳恩·克罗斯利

When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings. - Elizabeth Gilbert

这些天以来，我孤独的时候会想：孤独就孤独吧，利兹。摸清孤独周围的路，做一张地图，好好跟孤独相处吧，这可是你从来没试过的。欢迎前来体验人生。不要再用别人的身体或感情来填补自己内心的空虚了。——伊利莎白·吉尔伯特