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