'What do women do if they don't marry,' she mused, as if she had no idea what it could be, having been married once herself and about to marry again.

Well, what I mean is that I shouldn’t mind being a bride at a wedding, if I could be one without having a husband. But since a woman can’t show off in that way by herself, I shan’t marry — at least not yet.

I am not thinking about marriage at the moment. I just want to be great.

When I’m married I want to be single, and when I’m single I want to be married.

I feel that being a single lady is not a disease and you should not be cast out because some people feel that because you attain some certain age, you ought to be married.

I don’t like to be called “Mrs.” because I am not married, and I only belong to myself. I admire and respect people who have been successfully married for a long time, but I cannot do it. So I decided to never marry again.

I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up for any mortal man.

She was not a Respectable Married Woman but fully a human being.

I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.

Nothing more, — except that I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up for any mortal man.

if you get married they think you're
finished
and if you are without a woman they think you're
incomplete.

The fact that you are married or not, is not the industry’s problem because as a married woman, you were not blindfolded to do this thing and everything is a choice. Even as a single girl, you can decide not to do it. It’s not a matter of being married or not, it’s a role you are being given to play and you have every right to say, my producer, I don’t want to play this role.

I say to myself that my goal if I never get married, I tend to look at myself as the other Theresa of Nigeria, having so many children that are not even born to you but living your life for others and making sure that you create value for those you will leave behind to be able to carry on the work.

Well, what I mean is that I shouldn't mind being a bride at a wedding, if I could be one without having a husband.