About Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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

I, like many young widows, have very well developed gallows humor.

— Carole Radziwill

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

Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again.

— Pierce Brosnan

Of the widow's countless death-duties there is really just one that matters: on the first anniversary of her husband's death the widow should think…

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

There are many women whose lives would be immeasurably improved by widowhood, but one should not always point that out.

— Alexander McCall Smith

I can't fall apart every time I mention that my mother's gone. I actually laugh about stories or things or situations. Of course there's…

— Colman Domingo

Some widowers are bereaved -- others, relieved.

— Helen Rowland

Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do…

— Doris Roberts

I'm not upset about my divorce. I'm only upset that I'm not a widow.

— Roseanne Barr

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

— Chris Rock