The funeral and the marriage, now, alas!
We know not which is sadder to recall.
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In the Jewish Synagogue at NewportEmma Lazarus
Alas for maiden, alas for Judge,
For rich repiner and household drudge!
God pity them both! and pity us all,
Who vainly the dreams of youth recall;
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"John Greenleaf Whittier
Is anything sadder than a train
That leaves when it’s supposed to,
That has only one voice,
Only one route?
There’s nothing sadder.Primo Levi
We are no longer the same, you wiser but not sadder, and I sadder but not wiser, for wiser I could hardly become without grave personal inconvenience, whereas sorrow is a thing you can keep adding to all your life long, is it not, like a stamp or an egg collection, without feeling very much the worse for it, is it not.
Samuel Beckett
Fay: You've been a widower for three days. Have you considered a second marriage yet?
McLeavy: No.
Fay: Why not?
McLeavy: I've been so busy with the funeral.Joe Orton
Alas, despite wing implants, feathers and wax, and carnal associations with swans, we will never grow wings. Alas, any true flight we make will always be externally assisted. Alas, the best we can do is fall and believe ourselves flying.
Peter Greenaway
Lazarus, Emma
Le Bailly, Louis
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