Sunday, January 5, 2014

Famous Spinster Birthday - Diane Keaton



"I don't think because I'm not married it's made my life any less.  That old-maid myth is garbage." -- Diane Keaton

Born:  January 5, 1946

(Note:  She's not childless, but she's still pretty cool.)

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Queen Christina of Sweden



"As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him."  -- Queen Christina of Sweden

Born:  December 18, 1626
Died:  April 19, 1689

Monday, December 16, 2013

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Jane Austen




"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."  -- Jane Austen

Born:  December 16, 1775
Died:  July 18, 1817

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Emily Dickinson




"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not have lived in vain."  -- Emily Dickinson

Born:  December 10, 1830
Died:  May 15, 1886