{"quotes":[{"text":"Think about it this way: While being married is about becoming the WIFE you are meant to be, being single allows you to focus on becoming the WOMAN you were born to be.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["becoming","being-married","being-single","finding-yourself","loving-yourself","marriage","married","meant-to-be","not-settling","positive-thinking","single","single-life","single-woman","singleness","the-single-woman","woman","women"],"id":3006,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","dating","goals","hard-to-get","holding-out-for-the-best","love","loving-yourself","not-settling","playing-hard-to-get","positive-thinking","relationships","single","single-life","single-woman","singleness","standards","the-single-woman","validation"],"id":34497,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["boundaries","drama","friends","friendship","holding-out-for-the-best","honoring-yourself","letting-go","life","loving-yourself","moving-on","negative-people","not-settling","positive-thinking","setting-standards","standards","the-single-woman","toxic-friends","true-friends"],"id":36224,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-hard-to-get","easy-to-get","hard-to-get","holding-out-for-the-best","knowing-your-worth","not-settling","playing-hard-to-get","positive-thinking","self-worth","standards"],"id":45330,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Single” is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","confidence","embracing-your-singleness","holding-out-for-the-best","independence","life","live-life-on-your-own-terms","living-in-the-moment","loving-yourself","no-apologies","not-settling","opportunity","positive-thinking","single","single-journey","single-life","single-woman","singleness","the-single-woman"],"id":45629,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Love shouldn’t require Windex to be clear. It either is or it isn’t.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","clarity","dating","finding-the-one","he-s-just-not-that-into-you","holding-out-for-the-best","love","not-settling","positive-thinking","relationships","single","single-life","singleness","the-single-woman","true-love","windex"],"id":95689,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"The right one for you will move mountains to be with you - he won't hide behind them.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["dating","holding-out-for-the-best","love","mr-right","not-settling","relationships","the-one"],"id":113076,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"He looked around. The room, a few suitcases, some belongings, a handful of well-read books— a man needed few things to live. And it was good not to get used to many things when life was unsettled. Again and again one had to abandon them or they were taken away. One should be ready to leave every day. That was the reason he had lived alone— when one was on the move one should not have anything that could bind one. Nothing that could stir the heart. The adventure— but nothing more.","author":"Erich Maria Remarque","tags":["adventure","aloof","detached","life","not-settling","on-the-go","things","uncertainty"],"id":121000,"author_id":"Erich+Maria+Remarque"},{"text":"Here's a glorious thought: You don't have to settle. Ever. In life, in love, in your career…ANYWHERE!","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["career","dreams","holding-out-for-the-best","life","love","not-settling","positive-thinking","refusing-to-settle","settle","settling","standards","the-single-woman"],"id":129048,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","choice","defining-your-life","happily-ever-after","happy-ending","happy-ever-after","lack-of-options","life","loving-yourself","not-settling","positive-thinking","relationship-status","relationships","single","single-ladies","single-lady","single-life","single-woman","single-women","singleness","the-single-woman"],"id":129438,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":33,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}