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Widows Quotes - Page 4

There's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind.

There's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind.

Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.413, GENERAL PRESS

One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

Just as the Torah and Bible teach concern for those in distress, the Koran instructs all Muslims to make caring for widows, orphans, and refugees a priority.

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (2006). “Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time”, p.271, Penguin

A widow, the mother of a family, and from her heart she produces chords to which my whole being responds.

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Idiot (Vintage Classics)”, p.130, Vintage

A speculator is a man who, if he dies at the right time, has a rich widow.

Christina Stead (2012). “House of All Nations”, p.322, Open Road Media

These esoteric, intellectual debates-I want them to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation.

"2016 May Seem Just Around The Corner For Political Rivals". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. July 31, 2013.

To marry a girl just to make her a widow,” said Gabriel Lightwood. “Many would say that was not a kindness.

Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1104, Simon and Schuster