To Absent Friends/Quotes

"''"I drink to my kinsmen, who fought bravely at sea,

I drink to my kin, who will be missed not just by me."''"

- Einherjer, 'Odin owns ye all'

"''"Oh, protect our secret handshake

once more with feeling.

Let the toast to absent members

push through the ceiling.

Before we say goodnight.''"

- The Weakerthans 'Psalm For The Elks Lodge Last Call'

"And I'm up while the dawn is breaking

Even though my heart is aching

I should be drinking a toast to absent friends

Instead of these comedians"

- Elvis Costello, "The Comedians"

"''There's a grief that can't be spoken.

There's a pain goes on and on.

Empty chairs at empty tables

Now my friends are dead and gone."

- Marius, Les Misérables