“There was nothing I wanted to do more than be unconscious again, wrapped in black, gone away. I was raw. I felt swollen with potential tears, like a water balloon filled to burst. Begging for a pin prick.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have dried.”— Michelle Moran, amazon.com
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”— José N. Harris, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.”— Libba Bray, amazon.com
“Some people say, ‘Never let them see you cry.’ I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”— Tina Fey, amazon.com
“Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it.”— Wilkie Collins, amazon.com
“Don't be ashamed to weep. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”— Brian Jacques, amazon.com
“And he thinks he begins to cry, but he is unable to produce tears. Everything has gone so wrong, he thinks; how did everything go so wrong?”— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com
“Tears rose slowly in her eyes and stood there, brimming but contained. The tears of some profound emotion, happiness, grief, renunciation; an emotion so complex in its nature that to express it was impossible.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com