“ No longer married, suddenly I was . From Latin, the name means emptied. Far worse; it felt like being torn in half, ripped apart from the single functioning organism that had been our family, our live… Elaine Pagels
“ Father Mike was popular with the church widows. They liked to crowd around him, offering him cookies and bathing in his beatific essence. Part of this essence came from Father Mike's perfect contentme… Jeffrey Eugenides
“ How can man put a cost on saving this planet of ours?Have we traversed so far down the road that all we care about is money and wealth?Do we honestly care about the coming generations or are we so gre… Anthony T. Hincks
“ Additionally, many widows took over family shops or businesses- and, not uncommonly, ran them better than their dead husbands. Y.pestis [black death germ] turns out to have been something of a feminis… John Kelly
“ You can’t live your life in a bubble, Charlie. And you can’t live Evan’s life for him. He won’t thank you if you try to wrap him in bubble wrap and set him on a shelf. Tamara Hoffa
“ I think first of the children. What the hell am I supposed to tell them? Then I think about money, the house, all those things no widow will tell you ever crossed her mind. Shannon Celebi
“ I realized, it is not the time that heals, but what we do within that time that creates positive change. Diane Dettmann
“ Officially, the New Testament church at an early stage took seriously their responsibility for widows who lacked family or other resources. The office of deacon was instituted initially to address thi… Carolyn Custis James
