Attribuée à Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette), écrivaine française du XXe siècle. La phrase apparaît dans ses œuvres sur la condition féminine, bien que la source exacte (livre ou article) soit souvent débattue parmi les spécialistes.
"The single woman owes an account of her days only to herself. She dresses for herself, goes out as she pleases, returns at her will, disposes of her time, her heart, and her telephone as she likes. She never needs to lie, nor to invent, and she"