Corpses Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“wife?—rather a widow with her husband alive! Aye, I widowed that poor girl when I married her,”

— Herman Melville

“Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she has slept a good night's sleep, and will…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“As Hester Prynne seemed to see some trace of her own sin in every bosom, by the glare of the Scarlet Letter burning on…

— Louisa May Alcott

“She turned back to her sandwich. And here, of all things, was desire again. (She could have put the palm of her hand to…

— Alice McDermott

I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest man, and…

— Doug Harvey

“Go home to your wife. Go bury her.”

— Euripides

“Damn you to tell," she hissed. With each struggle, the wires of her wimple poked his chest, causing him a surprising amount of pain.…

— Michele Sinclair

“Sir, your wife is living; that is a fact acknowledged this morning by yourself. If I lived with you as you desire, I should…

— Charlotte Brontë

“when certain married words neglect to wear their apostrophes, they might be mistaken for their single friends: The identity of he’ll just went to…

— Jenny Baranick

“She is at rest. Peace, peace, she cannot hear, Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it.”

— Oscar Wilde

“There is much that is immortal in this medieval lady. The dragons have gone, and so have the knights, but still she lingers in…

— E. M. Forster

“Don't you dare call me Grissie, you - you - degenerate! I have no idea what happened between you and Helene Godwin last night,…

— Eloisa James