“When you feel like you need to cry, when you want to just get it out, relieve some of the pressure from the inside - that is true pain. Because no matter how hard you try or how bad you want to, you can't. That pain just stays in place. Then, if you are lucky, one small tear may escape from those ey…”— Chase Brooks, amazon.com
“The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived.…”— Katie McGarry, amazon.com
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.”— C.S. Lewis, amazon.com
“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“It's amazing how much power a smile holds. It's contagious and brightens people's day. It's also the most powerful camouflage. For that person who seems to have it all together is merely masking the pain of drowning tears. Don't be so quick to assume.”— Brittany Burgunder, amazon.com
“The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see -- the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survive…”— Katie McGarry, amazon.com
“Honestly, sometimes you just need a solid cry. Let that shit flow, you’ll feel better.”— Erika Wuelfrath, thoughtcatalog.com
“He’s not worth your tears, the 3 a.m. thoughts, hell he doesn’t deserve a place in your palace.”— Arvin Faustino, thoughtcatalog.com
“I thought that speaking about my wounds would only make them more real. And yet the exact opposite was taking place: My tears were healing me.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“How odd it is that we so often weep for each other’s distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com
“I may cry ruinin' my makeup, wash away all the things you've taken and I don't care if I don’t look pretty. Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking”— Sia, play.spotify.com
“Cry. When you're happy and when you're sad; embrace your emotions as they come.”— Mackenzie Newcomb, elitedaily.com
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before -- more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“Keep your tears in your eyes where they belong.”— Michael Schur, Aisha Muharrar, Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman, imdb.com
“Crying. I don't care if this is the most moving sex ever (also, it probably isn't) — it isn't okay to cry during sex. You feel weird, he feels weird. And just, why? Don't do it.”— Liz Newman, yourtango.com
“Sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes.”— Lewis Carroll, amazon.com