->''"I drink to my kinsmen, who fought bravely at sea,\\
I drink to my kin, who will be missed not just by me."''
-->-- '''Music/{{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.''
-->-- '''Music/TheWeakerthans''' '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''
-->-- '''Music/ElvisCostello''', "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''', ''Theatre/LesMiserables''

->''"I don`t want to sound gloomy, but, at some point of your lives, every one of you will notice that you have in your life one person, one friend whom you love and care for very much. That person is so close to you that you are able to share some things only with him. For example, you can call that friend, and from the very first [[EvilLaugh maniacal laugh]] or some other joke you will know who is at the other end of that line. We used to do that with him so often. And then when that person is gone, there will be nothing like that in your life ever again".''
-->-- '''Creator/ChristopherLee''' on Creator/PeterCushing

->''We meet ’neath the sounding rafter,\\
And the walls around are bare\\
As they shout back our peals of laughter\\
It seems that the dead are there.\\
Then stand to your glasses, steady!\\
We drink in our comrades’ eyes:\\
One cup to the dead already—\\
''Hurrah for the next that dies!''
-->-- '''Bartholomew Dowling''', ''[[http://www.bartleby.com/246/213.html The Revel]]''

->''He puts on a gray suit over his Airborne tattoo\\
And he ties it on one time a year\\
And remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one\\
And swallows it down with his tears''
-->--'''Music/BigAndRich''', "8th of November"

->''You are my best friend, but then you died\\
When I was 23 and you were 25\\
You are my best friend, but then you died\\
And how will I survive, survive, survive, survive?\\
Oh, how will I survive, survive, survive, survive?\\
And every day I waited for you\\
And every day on the top of your car\\
Every day I waited for you\\
And every day on the hood of your car''
-->--'''Music/TheDrums''', 'Best Friend'

->''"To absent friends. In memory, still bright."''
-->--'''John Sheridan''', ''Recap/BabylonFiveS05E22SleepingInLight''

->''"Here's to ya, lads..."''
-->--'''Scotty''', ''Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E4Relics''

->'''Commander Shepard:''' To the people we care for.\\
'''Doctor Chakwas:''' May we ''never'' take them for granted.
-->--''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

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