A Tribute to abra a collection of her comments

[Synonymous]

I used to love the way abra corrected herself, sometimes months even years later…here’s one:

"There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures. "
— William Penn


Comments on this Puzzle:

tgreen517
May 24, 2015, 7:02 am
there is always room for friendshiip.
LLapp
January 24, 2016, 11:15 am
I find Penn's writing very sterile. No wonder he's not known for his quotes.
maradnu
December 4, 2017, 10:23 am
Don't fence me in
MissKitty
February 28, 2018, 9:43 am
Friendship also likes to sit at the bar and have you pay for the drinks Kilroy 38
bees
May 27, 2018, 5:31 am
Another real estate entrepreneur who makes word salad out of a passing thought. Who says history does not repeat itself.
abra
June 9, 2018, 11:08 am
I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences To many words, gaze at the moon till I lose my senses And I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in. LOL, MissKitty.
abra
May 15, 2019, 2:52 am
*too
jbb33054
October 6, 2019, 6:05 pm
35
tclcac
March 20, 2021, 11:15 pm
Give me land, lots of land, 'neath the starry skies above .... let me ride through the wide open country that I love ....



ADD YOUR COMMENTS:

[Eureka]

"Marriage is a meal where the soup is better than the dessert."
— Austin O'Malley

abra
January 25, 2015, 2:01 pm
I'm not really sure what this means, but I guess that it's a good thing?

Jalapenoman
November 12, 2016, 2:07 pm
Abra, I think that the writer is trying to say that the beginning of marriage (the appetizer) is better than the end.

YorkiesRule
February 1, 2017, 2:18 am
I think this quote, like many other quotes about marriage, is missing the word "my" in the beginning. "My marriage is..."

abra
August 30, 2019, 11:12 pm
J-man, that makes sense. I guess everyone else got it. I've enjoyed it all so far. The soup, the salad, the meat and potatoes. I suppose we are at or nearing the dessert course. I agree. Austin should speak for himself.

[Deanna48]

"Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other. "
— Freya Stark

abra
November 10, 2018, 2:13 pm
For 21 years in the military my husband never had an unaccompanied tour. He had lots of TDYs (temporary duty) though. They did make us SO happy to be together.

[Deanna48]

"We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures."
— Susan Jeffers

abra
August 20, 2017, 5:42 pm
My imaginary play mate Penelope Panicattack

[Deanna48]

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic."
— Robert S. Wieder


abra
May 26, 2015, 10:03 am
It's May 26, and I'm still going to say "Wait till this year".

abra
July 22, 2018, 5:46 pm
Go, Cubbies!!

[chriscrojam]

"The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more."

Colleen McCullough

abra
May 15, 2020, 11:01 pm
My husband says that we are the same age. I say that I am a year older. I hate that it bothers me, but it bothers me. My father told my mom that he was 2 years older than he was. Years later he started using his real age and she never believed him. When he died and she had to do the paperwork, she found out that he was telling the truth.

[darkyr]

Abridged:

"From what we get, we can make a living - what we give, however, makes a life."
— Arthur Ashe

susanith
December 8, 2016, 11:17 pm
Arthur Ashe was a good man.

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abra
November 28, 2017, 6:56 pm
Yes, he was.

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abra
May 2, 2020, 1:48 am
When really wonderful people die. It hurts for a long time.

[LLapp]

Hey, abra's son, that is so funny! And it's so her. She would love that you shared that anecdote here. Thank you!

[Nitefly5150]

"Really I don't dislike to cook, but what you cook is eaten so quickly. When you sew, you have something that will last to show for your efforts."
— Elizabeth Travis Johnson

abra
March 3, 2017, 1:44 pm
The sewing gene runs strong in my family, but it skipped me entirely. I'm a good cook. I guess my recipes will have to be what lasts. It won't be sewing.

This is abra's son. When I worked at McDonald's my pants were coming apart along the waistline. One of the women about my mom's age said "Doesn't your mother have a sewing machine?" And I said "Yes, but it falls apart in her hands" "That's a terrible thing to say about your mother." "She's the one who said it".

But she was a good cook.

[n-j-b]

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
— Emily Bronte
abra
February 19, 2013, 11:38 pm
I like this one!
abra
March 10, 2013, 3:06 am
Still like it.
wvwoman
February 12, 2014, 8:17 am
so do i--it's nice to read something sweet once in a while!
universalmom
September 4, 2014, 3:50 pm
This is from Wuthering Heights! Said by Catherine about Heathcliff, a wild passionate statement
abra
March 13, 2016, 11:29 am
Well, it's been 3 years, since I was here. I read this and though how sweet it was. I see that I was here before and mentioned that. )
abra
July 18, 2017, 9:50 am
Thanks, universalmom.
kb83
November 28, 2020, 7:17 pm
It really is pretty good!
abra
August 14, 2021, 9:41 pm
*thought.
pickleball
December 29, 2022, 1:11 pm
soul-mates

[LLapp]

"You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's thirteen, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace." -- Jill Eikenberry

figmo on 2013-07-16 16:35:06
You mean teenaged *boys* (note the use of "him" to refer to the child and not "her").

abra on 2014-11-30 09:19:47
The gremlins never really kept my son. Apparently, they tried to coax him over to the dark side. He gave us a few rough days, but mostly he was a loving and amazing teenager.

JD_1947 on 2014-12-07 12:36:17
. . I told my son about the gremlins . . . scared him so bad he didn't move out 'til he was 28 . . . .

montyb on 2015-05-02 10:25:00
Wait.....we're supposed to move out?

[LLapp]

Synonymous, thank you for setting up this thread!
Abra's comments were often very engaged in the flow of conversation, so you'd need to see the flow. Here's one (slightly abridged) 8-year conversation...


"When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife." — Prince Philip

abra
October 27, 2013, 9:06 am
THE Prince Phillip? He said that? I can't imagine that he ever opens the car door. Don't they have people for that? I would think they could if they wanted have hot and cold running, new cars.

dovid1946
March 5, 2015, 3:25 pm
I can't believe the attribution. Maybe it was the entertainer formerly known as Prince, or maybe it was Philip Roth, the novelist formerly known as Philip Roth

LLapp
July 7, 2015, 11:50 am
It's Phil Prince, the auto mechanic next to the divorce lawyer's office.

SippyGurl
September 24, 2015, 7:25 am
fp. had to google it. yup, it's the queen's husband.

abra
June 24, 2016, 11:56 am
My husband still opens the car door for me occasionally. The car isn't particularly new, and the wife is definitely not new. I still can't imagine Prince Phillip opening the car door for the queen. Do they sometimes go out for a drive just by themselves? If so, maybe then he opens her door. Probably when they run out to Walmart for toothpaste and diet Coke.

wvwoman
August 28, 2016, 9:08 pm
i initially had "bar door"...

letfreedomring
January 20, 2017, 7:57 am
Whoever gets to the door first opens it. Unless one is physically impaired.

universalmom
March 19, 2017, 4:09 am
How would Prince Philip know? He's probably not even allowed to open his own doors!

darkyr
July 16, 2017, 11:52 am
Maybe he sat on the curb and did a study. I'd be interested to see his data.

susanith
October 12, 2017, 1:41 am
Beyond all the former comments, how did the Prince get to be so cynical? Definitely rounds out his personality. (I guess)

kb83
March 5, 2018, 7:43 am
I'm afraid I think it is kind of witty, even if retro and non-PC.

SippyGurl
April 17, 2018, 6:10 pm
i believe he would open a car door, they don't go everywhere with a full entourage and even drive themselves! also, thought this quote was kinda cute that the queens hubs would be just a little cheeky monkey

darkyr
December 9, 2019, 11:57 pm
He certainly got into an accident while he was driving a car.

abra
July 1, 2020, 1:47 am
I completely forgot this one, I had him opening bar doors. That explains where the Prince was driving the queen, just round the corner to the pub.

blueladyblue
July 10, 2020, 4:53 pm
Ya know, I'm 71 and I always have and would still prefer to open my own doors, thank you very much. Unless my arms are too full, in which case, thank you very much. I'd do the same for you.

abra
November 21, 2020, 8:43 pm
As I said my husband does open my car door occasionally, usually when we're going out to dinner. All other doors he opens. If I'm with him, he opens the door. I don't mind having the door opened for me.

Fudi
March 16, 2021, 8:46 pm
My hubby almost always drives wherever we're going ... and we rarely go anywhere separately. And he still, after 14 years always opens the car door for me before getting in himself. It's kind of old-fashioned, but I find it sweet and gallant.

abra
February 11, 2022, 9:07 pm
LOL, now I will have a little picture of the Prince tucked in the corner of my brain. He's sitting on a curb in a car park. He has a clipboard and he's keeping count. Thank you darkyr. ) ...And RIP Prince Phillip.

[SippyGurl]

so sorry to hear about abra, such a sweet sweet soul <3

[Deanna48]

"The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination."
— Elizabeth Hardwick

abra
November 24, 2013, 10:06 am
I don't know if it's the GREATEST gift or not, but it's a very good one. Last night I was thrilled to see my younger grandson with his nose in a book just like his older brother. I love that reading is special to them.

[Deanna48]

"Really I don't dislike to cook, but what you cook is eaten so quickly. When you sew, you have something that will last to show for your efforts."
— Elizabeth Travis Johnson

abra
March 3, 2017, 1:44 pm
The sewing gene runs strong in my family, but it skipped me entirely. I'm a good cook. I guess my recipes will have to be what lasts. It won't be sewing.