“escape from the black widow spider
is a miracle as great as art.
what a web she can weave
slowly drawing you to her
she'll embrace you
then when she's satisfied
she'll kill you
still in her embrace
and suck the blood from you.”

“She'll let you in her house
If you come knockin' late at night.
She'll let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right.
If you pay the price,
She'll let you deep inside.
But there's a secret garden she hides.”

Bruce Springsteen (1949) American singer and songwriter

“I came from a family of repairers. The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn't get mad. She weaves and repairs it.”

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) American and French sculptor

“Even if you kill her, she'll still be alive-here." He tapped his chest. "In me. I keep her here. She's part of me. So until you kill me, you can't really kill her. And you can't win. It's that simple.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

“Inside every widow there's a spider that weaves it's webs in the corners of her heart.”

Avner Strauss (1954) Israeli musician

“You know, do nice shite for her. Buy her things. Really think about what she likes and what makes her happy and make it happen. She'll come around. And if she doesn't, you can cut off your horns for her. Chicks dig that." (Cadeon)”

Kresley Cole American writer

“She'll turn her music on you
You won't have to think twice
She's pure as New York snow
She's got Bette Davis eyes”

Jackie DeShannon (1941) American singer-songwriter

“She knows her man, and when you rant and swear,
Can draw you to her with a single hair.”

John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century

“and when they pulled her from the wreck, you know, she still had on her shades”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“She likes to try everything, out of curiosity, but she'll be sorry if she isn't guided by her heart.”

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer