Betrayed Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

Widows tend either to fade away when husbands die, committing emotional suttee, or else find that a new life burgeons. Here in Christchurch, a…

— Fay Weldon

The idea of being a widow brings the thought of your husband dying. I don't really feel that way. I have higher confidence in…

— Rita Marley

Most people think that a widow is inhabiting some elegiac world of - it's like Mozart's 'Requiem Mass.' You know, it's very beautiful and…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Widowers marry again because it makes their lives easier. Widows often don't, because it makes their lives harder. [p. 61]

— Siri Hustvedt

Some widowers are bereaved -- others, relieved.

— Helen Rowland

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

— John Gay

In a study we did of bereavement, we found that rather impressive numbers of widows and widowers had not simply gone back to their…

— Irvin D. Yalom

So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number…

— Michelangelo

You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death.

— Gena Rowlands

I make chicks consider themselves widows whose husbands ain't even died yet.

— Chino XL

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

— Victor Robinson

As a man, if you lose your wife, it's a horrible experience, especially with kids. But when one person passes away and you're still…

— Charlie Murphy