Joyce Carol Oates - Most people think that a widow is inhabiting some elegiac world of - it's li...

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Most people think that a widow is inhabiting some elegiac world of - it's like Mozart's 'Requiem Mass.' You know, it's very beautiful and elevated thoughts and some measure of dignity. I didn't have that experience at all. I had one pratfall after another.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Die meisten Leute glauben, dass eine Witwe in einer elegischen Welt lebt - es ist wie Mozarts "Requiem-Messe". Wissen Sie, es sind sehr schöne und erhabene Gedanken und ein gewisses Maß an Würde. Diese Erfahrung hatte ich überhaupt nicht. Ich hatte einen Pratfall nach dem anderen.

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