Maisie Williams Quotes

That’s one of the reasons I never wanted to get married. The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.

I had girlfriends, but settling down was the last thing on my mind.

I'm more afraid of marriage than death.

None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond.

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

So many girls and guys want to find a girlfriend and settle down. But it's fun to be single.

In our youths, many of us suspected that being tied down to a partner and family might constrain us. But after 40, even that landscape starts to shift. Many singletons turn inward and start longing for the things so many of us longed to be free of in our 20s.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

If I'm with someone for too long, I begin feeling trapped.

I've never really thought about settling down anywhere. I like to keep moving.

Never say never, I find I get claustrophobic in a relationship.

Surely, marriage is throwing anchor and saying, 'This is where I'm staying. I've made my choice, and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door, and I want to stand still.' That's what I expected.

I don't want to leave the house, and I don't want to settle down.

I like the idea of marriage, but I think I'm a nomad.

I suppose I shall marry eventually One does that, one drifts into stability

[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

Before you ask some girl for her hand now, keep your freedom for as long as you can now. My Mama told me, you better shop around.

I guess every woman at some point wants to have a family and settle down.

The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.

I had never thought of settling down. I had started believing I was always going to live alone. Marriage was the last thing on my agenda.

Prior to our daughter being born, I think getting married is another big step. That definitely settles things down personally.

When you're in a relationship, you're always surrounded by a ring of circumstances... joined together by a wedding ring, or in a boxing ring.

Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!!

How terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. I do not fit. I feel too deeply and want too much. As cages go, it is a gilded one, but I shall not live well in it or any cage for that matter.

You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped here. You can’t go anywhere, forward or back. But I’m not like you. I have work to do. I have a mission to accomplish. And so, with your permission, I shall move ahead.