Quirkyalone: A Manifesto For Uncompromising Romantics - Softcover

Cagen, Sasha

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9780060750619: Quirkyalone: A Manifesto For Uncompromising Romantics

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ISBN 10: 0060750618 ISBN 13: 9780060750619

Publisher: HarperOne, 2017

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2006 Pages: 176 Publisher: HarperOne the quirkyalone (kwur.kee.uh.lohn) n adj A person who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than date for the sake of being in a couple. With unique traits and an optimistic spirit; a sensibility that transcends relationship status. Also adj. Of. relating to. or embodying quirkyalones. See also: romantic. idealist. independent. Are you a quirkyalone Do you know someone who is Do you believe life can be prosperous and great with or without a mate Do you value your friendships as much as your romantic relationships Do gut instincts guide your most important decisions Are you often among the first on the dance floor Coupled or single. man or woman. social butterfly or shrinking violet. quirkyalones have walked among us. invisible until now. Through th...

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In Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics Sasha Cagan and a few of her single friends are at a New Year's party, counting down to midnight and staring out at "a sea of people not kissing". In that moment, Cagan moves "from thinking that (we) were the only ones to seeing us as part of a group, a moment, and perhaps even a movement." Enter the quirkyalones, for whom singledom is not just a holding pattern between relationships; they see themselves as creative, independent, offbeat types with the discrimination and courage to remain uncoupled rather than date for the sake of not being alone.

Quirkyalone is a celebration of flying solo, of realising the value of solitude and close friendships while holding out for true love. Some may never find it, of course, but what makes a person a quirkyalone is the belief that staying single is perfectly okay. So what happens when a quirkyalone finds a mate? Quirkyalone is a state of being, posits Cagan, an approach to life that doesn't disappear when romantic circumstances change. "Never is the quirkyalone outlook more important than when we are romantically intertwined, or, shall we say, quirkytogether."

Critics might argue that Cagan and her quirky compadres have not so much spawned or identified a movement as come up with a funky name for the considerable group of people too smart to model their relationships on the movies and women's magazines. But at its core, Quirkyalone is a campy, provocative take on contemporary single life, reminding the attached and unattached alike that being quirky is all about being unapologetically, uniquely and boldly oneself. --Svenja Soldovieri, Amazon.ca

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"Cagen has put her finger on [society's] pulse.a positive spin on flying solo." -- Toronto Globe & Mail

"Cagen is not against setups or dating.She is emphatically not against sex. Rather, she is 'anti dull relationship.'" -- --New York Times Sunday Styles, 11/29/03

"Fun, inspirational and provocative, this book is the perfect antidote to the Valentine's-inspired coupling."--Publishers Weekly

"Cagen has put her finger on [society's] pulse...a positive spin on flying solo."--Toronto Globe & Mail

"Cagen's up to something that could be as important for women (and men) as The Feminine Mystique was years ago..."----Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

"We need to give credence to the nonsexual relationships...the idea of having significant others instead of a significant other."----Sasha Cagen, from US News & World Report, 10/6/03

"Cagen is not against setups or dating...She is emphatically not against sex. Rather, she is 'anti dull relationship.'"----New York Times Sunday Styles, 11/29/03

Cagen s up to something that could be as important for women (and men) as The Feminine Mystique was years ago... ----Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America"

Cagen is not against setups or dating She is emphatically not against sex. Rather, she is anti dull relationship. ----New York Times Sunday Styles, 11/29/03"

Cagen has put her finger on [society s] pulse a positive spin on flying solo. --Toronto Globe & Mail"

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