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Quotes About Tears

Tears that but form gems on sleeves must come, I think, from an insincere heart, for mine, though I seek to repress them, gush forth in torrents.
~ Ono no Komachi
Non ho mai capito come faccia a ridere in quel modo: ma penso che sia perché ha pianto molto. Solo chi ha pianto molto può apprezzare la vita nelle sue bellezze, e ridere bene.
~ Oriana Fallaci
Only those who have cried a lot can appropriate life in all its beauty and have a good laugh. It's easy to cry, hard to laugh.
~ Oriana Fallaci
Looking down from his editorial perch at the Manchester Guardian, he summed up the "dismal Thirties" as "a decade which began with the illusion of progress without tears and ended up in the reality of tears without progress.
~ Os Guinness
Outrage is appropriate in response to genuine wrong, tears in response to grief, shock in response to unexpected disaster. We mustn't force ourselves to thank God for these things or we will be harder on ourselves and softer on evil than God is. It is not that even Christians need not give thanks for these things, but that Christians especially should not give thanks for them. We should always be as human as God made us.
~ Os Guinness
In spite of my suffering, at the thought that I was sure to end up by killing myself, I cried aloud and burst into tears.
~ Osamu Dazai
At this moment, as I stood on the verge of tears, the words "realism" and "romanticism" welled up within me. I have no sense of realism. And that this very fact might be what permits me to go on living sends cold chills through my whole body.
~ Osamu Dazai
I wept bitterly, crying aloud. I could have wept on and on, interminably.
~ Osamu Dazai
I felt so grateful, so happy for that gentle smile that I averted my face and wept. I was completely shattered and smothered by that one gentle smile.
~ Osamu Dazai
There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried
~ Unknown
It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.
~ Ovid
Anything that makes your mother cry is fun.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...
~ Pamela Redmond Satran
Sadness is Steam rising Tears falling A breath you take in But can't let out As hard as you try.
~ Patricia MacLachlan
Back at the hut, all my sister, they start to cry. "No crying," my aunt says, very strict. "You cry only in your mind." But later, when everyone else asleep, I hear my aunt, her tears, they fall like rain.
~ Patricia McCormick
If the Bible is to be believed, and I do, those afflictions that we all seem to suffer, including death, are but for a moment, and God says that he intends to place us in a better place where all our tears will be wiped away. We
~ Unknown
He's awake," she said, tears of joy still streaming. "Lee, Wilf. He's awake.
~ Patrick Ness
As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Yes, I cried at the end of it. I did then, and I have every time since. Even a reading of the story aloud will bring tears to my eyes. In my opinion, anyone who isn't moved by it is less than human inside.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are 10 words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Teccam claims it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart. Any fool will spit out poison, he says, but we hoard these painful treasures. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself." My
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I wanted to cry so bad, but my tears are inside. A blindfold keeps them there. I can't see today. Patti, I don't know anything.
~ Patti Smith