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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“You don't walk away to prove your worth. You walk away because you allowed someone else to dictate your value and you found yourself believing it.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Free-ranging single men are like a house that has been empty too long. There must be something fishy about the house, the woman thinks. Up for sale for six months and it's still vacant.”
― Herman Koch, Summer House with Swimming Pool

“Was it new for one, perhaps too busy to seek, to be the prize of a girl who would seek him?”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“Ageless Wisdom is etched in the belly of the Earth, and you are one with Its Soul.”
― Dr. Quandi Jackson, How 2 Fish: The Book

“If you're not happy single you won't be happy married, happiness comes from within not from women or men.”
― Gugu Mofokeng

“Janet did not believe it was feasible to be single; to Janet a bachelor eked out his living on the margins of society, orbiting the married couples wild-eyed and feral as a homeless man at a polo party. A single man, to Janet, was superior in the social hierarchy only to a single woman--this last a life form that was repellent but fortunately short-lived, naked and glistening as it gobbled its way out of its larval cocoon.”
― Lydia Millet, How the Dead Dream

“Singles are told to be content with where they are in life but also encouraged and pressured to move out of their current “situationâ€� or “season.â€� Being told both of these can become a bit confusing.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“We can be content in who God is, but that doesn’t mean we will be content in our singleness.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“Let’s encourage singles to enjoy this season in other ways than simply telling them it’s a gift.
Because if we are being honest, marriage is a gift too and you can’t blame a girl for wanting it.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“God’s story for someone’s life may look different than the “typicalâ€� story you are used to hearing, but that does not diminish the beauty and gift from God. It does not mean someone has lived life wrong. It means God has something else in store.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“True fulfillment on this earth is the same fulfilment you’ll have in heaven—Jesus.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“Church, let’s shift the narrative from “marriage equals successâ€� to “embracing where God has you equals success.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“The best things you can do for your single friends is to listen, validate them, and encourage them never to lower their standards if what they desire lines up with what God says is best.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“Desiring marriage does not automatically mean I am discontent in my life. As long as I desire Jesus more than marriage, I shouldn’t be made to feel
ashamed for desiring to be married one day.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“We often correlate the “bad or unwantedâ€� feelings we have with what we believe to be the truth, but our feelings don’t always tell the full picture. If we are not careful, we will start to let these false narratives become our life
mottos. So what is the truth? God does care, and just because we are unable to see clearly why he chooses to love us a certain way in this
exact moment doesn’t mean he doesn’t care.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“What you allow yourself to think and feel becomes what you believe about yourself. Make sure everything you believe about yourself and the current journey God has you on aligns with what God says about you.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“When you guard your heart and fill it with godly influences, there is no room for comparison, heartbreak, or deceit. No room for anything that tears down your spirit and joy for life, only room for God and who he says you are.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“I want a husband who loves Jesus and keeps him at the center of his life, someone who is not ashamed to live counterculturally and stand up for Christ. I want someone who has integrity, who is obedient to God, and who loves Jesus more than he loves me.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“God always shows up for people who seek him.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness

“You can search to the ends of the earth, but nothing will ever bring you long-lasting, pure, and fulfilling joy like God will.”
― Mylee Bankston, Is Being Single a Gift?: Trusting God While Unpacking Hard Truths on Singleness