Datelines The Widower Quotes & Sayings

What does a woman do as she waits for her man? She may wash her hair, put on makeup, choose the kind of outfit any woman would be eager to try on, spray on perfume, and look at herself one last time in the mirror. If she does these things, it's when she and the man she's waiting for are in love. It's different when a woman waits for a man she still loves but who has broken up with her, because the pure joy of it is missing. Loving someone is like carving words into the back of your hand. Even if the others can't see the words, they, like glowing letters, stand out in the eyes of the person who's left you. Right now, that's enough for me. — Kyung-ran Jo

Shame is the shadow of love. — PJ Harvey

He's worse than Dracula because at least Dracula comes out of his coffin now and then. He seems to stay on his line and that's it. — Simon Mignolet

Parents with dependents are somehow thought to count for more. If, for example, there is some scarce resource - a donor kidney perhaps - and of the two potential recipients one is a parent of young children and one is not, the parent, all things being equal, will likely be favoured. To let a parent die is not only to thwart that person's preference to be saved, but also the preferences of his or her children that their parent be saved. It is quite true, of course, that the death of the parent will harm more people, but there is nonetheless something to be said against favouring parents. Increasing one's value by having children might be like increasing one's value by taking hostages. — David Benatar

Well, I hate to be the one to take the flyswatter to Tinker Bell, but ... — Kinky Friedman

I'll put you in a jar on my shelf for a cold, rainy day when I need you the most. — Karen Quan

probability is the very guide of life — Leonard Mlodinow