Magic Quote by Jean M. Grant

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

— Herman Melville

“Vows are spoken To be broken Feelings are intense Words are trivial Pleasures remain So does the pain Words are meaningless And forgettable”

— Martin Gore

“She got herself widowed, divorced, married, and pregnant – all in ten days’ time.”

— Betty Smith

“The only good thing about marriage is becoming a widow”

— Isabel Allende

Every wife is a 'Mistress' of her Husband. 'Miss' for one year and 'Stress' for rest of the life.

— Thegr81

“In marriage, insult arises again and again; and pain has to be not only endured, but consented to; and the amount of forgiveness that…

— Glenway Wescott

“one may scarcely find one man among seven women, so many women are there widowed whilst their husbands are alive’.”

— Lisa Hilton

“the wife who could be contented with but one half of her husband’s affections, had never deserved to engage the slightest share of them.”

— Walter Scott

“Among all the disappointments and perplexities which have fallen my share in life, nothing has contributed so much to support my mind as the…

— John Adams

“Afterward, she’d graciously analyzed every single nuance with me until she was convinced we were going to have a double wedding—our childhood dream—and I…

— Rachel Higginson

“To see a Woman you love in Distress; to be unable to relieve her, and at the same Time to reflect that you have…

— Henry Fielding

“My grandmother was married for fifty-two years, until my grandfather died. She used to say that a bad marriage was one that hadn't had…

— Gabrielle Zevin