--- title: "13 Overflowed Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Overflowed quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Overflowed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/amy-tan-730_grief_too-much-happiness-always-overflowed-int_653023.jpg" --- > [too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/too-much-happiness-always-overflowed-into-tears-of-sorrow/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/amy-tan-730_grief_too-much-happiness-always-overflowed-int_653023.jpg) > [He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-smith/he-not-only-overflowed-with-learning-but-stood-in-the-slop/) [Sydney Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/sydney-smith-6523_education_he-not-only-overflowed-with-learning-but_1684863.png) > [My Cup was overflowed with our love now it's empty because a ogre drank it all off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dujon/my-cup-was-overflowed-with-our-love-now-it-s-empty-because-a-ogre/) [Dujon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dujon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/dujon-234107_drank_my-cup-was-overflowed-with-our-love-now_3179623.jpg) > [“That bitter hour cannot be described: in truth, "the waters came into my soul; I sank in deep mire: I felt no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/that-bitter-hour-cannot-be-described-in-truth-the-waters-came-into-my/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/charlotte-bronte-144_truth_that-bitter-hour-cannot-be-described-in_3132133.jpg) > [“Now that part of his head which nature designed for the reservoir of drink being very shallow, a small quantity of liquor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/now-that-part-of-his-head-which-nature-designed-for-the-reservoir-of/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/henry-fielding-1358_nature_now-that-part-of-his-head-which-nature-d_1520567.png) > [“How could she be feeling the very same streams that rushed around within him? She thought, as they overflowed and lapped inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grossman/how-could-she-be-feeling-the-very-same-streams-that-rushed-around/) [David Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grossman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/david-grossman-9948_quote_how-could-she-be-feeling-the-very-same-s_1346462.jpg) > [“I can hardly open my mouth to speak without feeling as though the sea burst its dams and overflowed. How then shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-chanan-matt/i-can-hardly-open-my-mouth-to-speak-without-feeling-as-though-the-sea/) [Daniel Chanan Matt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-chanan-matt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/daniel-chanan-matt-104180_quote_i-can-hardly-open-my-mouth-to-speak-with_1287713.jpg) > [“After all, your head only had so much room in it. No surprise if it overflowed once in a while with little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/after-all-your-head-only-had-so-much-room-in-it-no-surprise-if-it/) [Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/jean-thompson-28964_life-truths_after-all-your-head-only-had-so-much-roo_522712.jpg) > [The cold stream of visual impressions failed him now as if the eye were a cup that overflowed and let the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/the-cold-stream-of-visual-impressions-failed-him-now-as-if-the-eye/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/virginia-woolf-49_china_the-cold-stream-of-visual-impressions-fa_581761.jpg) > [The outsider may indeed wonder at this seeming much ado about nothing. What a tempest in a tea-cup! he will say. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/okakura-kakuzo/the-outsider-may-indeed-wonder-at-this-seeming-much-ado-about-nothing/) [Okakura Kakuzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/okakura-kakuzo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/okakura-kakuzo-24162_blame_the-outsider-may-indeed-wonder-at-this-s_990227.jpg) > [“But when we consider how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/but-when-we-consider-how-small-after-all-the-cup-of-human-enjoyment/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/kakuz-okakura-14816_enjoyment_but-when-we-consider-how-small-after-all_1585244.jpg) > [“It was as if a surplus of something so overflowed her being that it expressed itself beyond her will, now in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/it-was-as-if-a-surplus-of-something-so-overflowed-her-being-that-it/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/leo-tolstoy-55_eyes-shone_it-was-as-if-a-surplus-of-something-so-o_666473.png) > [“The cold stream of visual impressions failed him now as if the eye were a cup that overflowed and let the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/the-cold-stream-of-visual-impressions-failed-him-now-as-if-the-eye-2/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/virginia-woolf-49_sleep_the-cold-stream-of-visual-impressions-fa_2716634.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overflowed/#itemlist", "name": "Overflowed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Tan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/too-much-happiness-always-overflowed-into-tears-of-sorrow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/amy-tan-730_grief_too-much-happiness-always-overflowed-int_653023.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/amy-tan-730_grief_too-much-happiness-always-overflowed-int_653023.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/amy-tan-730_grief_too-much-happiness-always-overflowed-int_653023.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.” — Amy Tan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sydney Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-smith/he-not-only-overflowed-with-learning-but-stood-in-the-slop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/sydney-smith-6523_education_he-not-only-overflowed-with-learning-but_1684863.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/sydney-smith-6523_education_he-not-only-overflowed-with-learning-but_1684863.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/sydney-smith-6523_education_he-not-only-overflowed-with-learning-but_1684863.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.” — Sydney Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My Cup was overflowed with our love now it's empty because a ogre drank it all off.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dujon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dujon/my-cup-was-overflowed-with-our-love-now-it-s-empty-because-a-ogre/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/dujon-234107_drank_my-cup-was-overflowed-with-our-love-now_3179623.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/dujon-234107_drank_my-cup-was-overflowed-with-our-love-now_3179623.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/dujon-234107_drank_my-cup-was-overflowed-with-our-love-now_3179623.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My Cup was overflowed with our love now it's empty because a ogre drank it all off.” — Dujon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That bitter hour cannot be described: in truth, \"the waters came into my soul; 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