husbands and would rather wait for widowhood than endure a

“Those that are in the state of widowhood must resist the temptations of their youth.”

— Nancy B. Brewer

“In this way unwittingly the Widow-to-Be is assuring her husband’s death—his doom. Even as she believes she is behaving intelligently—“shrewdly” and “reasonably”—she is taking…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“The first stage of widowhood is paperwork.”

— Adriana Trigiani

I don't believe in divorce. I believe in widowhood.

— Carolyn Green

One step at a time, over the years, as I sought to plumb the mystery of suffering (which cannot be plumbed), I began to…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“In the first year of my grief, there were times when I felt like hiding my personal story of loss and other times when…

— Elizabeth Berrien

“You never hear widows voice the sentiment, but I could stave off companionship indefinitely. Sex, not so much.”

— Abby Fabiaschi

“It's like Romeo & Juliet,' I say. 'You can't separate them. Otherwise, there would be no Shakespeare.' Silence. I decide to be more straightforward.…

— Mariane Pearl

“You will say things with a merry tongue; you are not one for graceless words and no one will take offence. I will cause…

— Noella Menon

Widows are divided into two classes - the bereaved and relieved.

— Victor Robinson

The unmarried woman seldom escapes a widowhood of the spirit. There is sure to be some one, parent, brother, sister, friend, more comfortable to…

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

“I think first of the children. What the hell am I supposed to tell them? Then I think about money, the house, all those…

— Shannon Celebi

When the moon, after covering herself with darkness as in sorrow, at last throws off the garments of her widowhood, she does not at…

— Augustus William Hare

the final lesson of learning to be independent - widowhood ... is the hardest lesson of all.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.

— Mahatma Gandhi