Okay, Charlie, you can do this, all you have to do is convince a career military man that your son shouldn’t join the Army. That shouldn’t be too hard, right?

Ain't no decent woman ever had that many husbands to die from natural causes.

Some of the more superstitious townsfolk even believed she was a witch. The fact that she had four dead husbands lined up in a neat row at the local Promise Land Cemetery was not an argument in her defense.

You will be a widow before the morning.

What changes when a woman marries? What does a woman lose and what does she gain? For Abishag, marrying king David gave her instant status. As a wife, impugning Abishag's character meant a swift death. As a wife, she inspired fear.What changes when a woman is widowed? For Abishag, it meant foreign women came to Jerusalem to marry Solomon--and she was relegated to that of a spectator. In Abishag's widowhood, none feared her.pg 17

Wrapping his arms around her waist, he kissed her cheek. She inhaled his masculine scent, he smelled of engine grease, citrus hand cleaner and man. She turned in his arms and laid her cheek over his beating heart, treasuring the haven of his embrace...

Marriage was bad enough, but to be widowed-oh, then life was over forever!

Two homes on either side of the road sawTwo women waving a good bye to their menOne was a newly married husbandOther was a proud son of a widow

porque después se deja de ser viuda, de recordar que algo penetró en la carne con tanta falta de escrúpulos y con tanta fuerza recogida y temblorosa, respetuosa de mí, al cabo, y es lo que no todos saben hacer, y él sí;

You're not a virgin and you didn't get divorced, but suddenly there's this thing you can start doing again with someone who is not your husband.