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| The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep. ~ Henry Maudsley |
| When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~ Kahlil Gibran |
| Let your tears come. Let them water your soul. ~ Eileen Mayhew |
| Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ~ Kurt Vonnegut |
| Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. ~ Charles Dickens, |
| The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~ John Vance Cheney |
| Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. ~ Christian Nevell Bovee |
| Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. ~ Natalie Clifford Barney |
| Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. ~ Antoine Rivarol |
| A woman wears her tears like jewelry. ~ Author Unknown |
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| To weep is to make less the depth of grief. ~ William Shakespeare, |
| It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears. ~ Ovid |
| Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either. ~ Golda Meir |
| Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. ~ Albert Smith |
| Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow. ~ Rita Schiano, |
| Invisible tears are the hardest to wipe away. Just let it out, my friend. ~ Terri Guillemets |
| Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right – instantly. ~ Sam Slick (Thomas Chandler Haliburton) |
| Women are never landlocked: they’re always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears. ~ Mignon McLaughlin, |
| Tears are Summer showers to the soul. ~ Alfred Austin, |
Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.
~ Dorothy Parker |
| I heard the teardrop hit my pillow before I even knew I was crying. ~ Terri Guillemets |
| Tears are the silent language of grief. ~ Voltaire, |
| Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion. ~ Steel Magnolias |
| What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~ Jewish Proverb |
| I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week. I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full. ~ Sylvia Plath, |
| The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. ~ Isak Dinesen |
| Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. ~ Lemony Snicket |
| More grievous than tears is the sight of them. ~ Antonio Porchia, |
| I like the snot to run a little, the tears to accumulate a bit before reaching for the handkerchief. Then I know I’m really crying. Crying just isn’t crying unless it’s messy. ~ Terri Guillemets |
| I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men – at least they can cry. ~ Jean Rhys |