“So she prays for a prankster and lust in the marriage bed
And he waits till she can give
And he waits and he waits.”

“…"Would you wait for me?" he asked suddenly, his voice husky and low. "it's not right, but would you wait? Would you you wait till the world is cured again? A year? Two years? Maybe longer! Could you give me all that time, Florentine?" She pulled back from him, wary of his words. What did he mean? "Till the world cured…" What kind of talk was that? She was fearful of what she didn't understand, but felt at that moment she felt their destinies in her hand…”

“Poor bastard. Wait 'till he sees the bats.”

“She was still waiting for him to come back to her, even though he wasn't going to. She was still holding out for something that wasn't going to happen. She was good at waiting. That seemed like a sad thing to be good at.”

“Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along.”

“A warrior knows that he is waiting and knows also what he is waiting for, and while he waits he feasts his eyes on the world. The ultimate accomplishment of a warrior is joy.”

“She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.”

“Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.”

“She waits for me at night, she waits for me in silence.
She gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain.
And so far she hasn't run, though I swear she's had her moments.
She still believes in miracles while others cry in vain.”

“Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.”