--- title: "13 Single Tear Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Single Tear quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Single Tear sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/lord-byron-356_dignity_the-drying-up-a-single-tear-has-more-of_2855217.jpg" --- > [The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/the-drying-up-a-single-tear-has-more-of-honest-fame-than-shedding/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/lord-byron-356_dignity_the-drying-up-a-single-tear-has-more-of_2855217.jpg) > [“A single tear rolls down her cheek like a star dropping from the tired sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/addison-moore/a-single-tear-rolls-down-her-cheek-like-a-star-dropping-from-the/) [Addison Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/addison-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/addison-moore-4306_tear_a-single-tear-rolls-down-her-cheek-like_324048.jpg) > [Haven't shed a single tear, but I'm hurtin' down inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/capital-steez/haven-t-shed-a-single-tear-but-i-m-hurtin-down-inside/) [Capital STEEZ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/capital-steez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/capital-steez-43780_havens_haven-t-shed-a-single-tear-but-i-m-hurti_1763712.png) > [I let you break me many times but I didn't shed a single tear for you this last time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jade/i-let-you-break-me-many-times-but-i-didn-t-shed-a-single-tear-for-you/) [Jade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/jade-794_being-broken_i-let-you-break-me-many-times-but-i-didn_1388219.jpg) > [“my face: I should have had a single tear frozen to my cheek,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-barr/my-face-i-should-have-had-a-single-tear-frozen-to-my-cheek/) [Emily Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-barr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/emily-barr-48834_tear_my-face-i-should-have-had-a-single-tear_17911.jpg) > [And as a single tear ran down her cheek, she looked to him for comfort, and all he was look away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-as-a-single-tear-ran-down-her-cheek-she-looked-to-him-for-comfort/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/anonymous-1_comfort_and-as-a-single-tear-ran-down-her-cheek_988167.jpg) > [Your best friend is a single tear drop from your watering eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/your-best-friend-is-a-single-tear-drop-from-your-watering-eyes/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/anonymous-1_best-friend_your-best-friend-is-a-single-tear-drop-f_3044744.jpg) > [“I've made it this far without crying a single tear and I'd sure hate to break down here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trace-adkins/i-ve-made-it-this-far-without-crying-a-single-tear-and-i-d-sure-hate/) [Trace Adkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trace-adkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/trace-adkins-13355_quote_i-ve-made-it-this-far-without-crying-a-s_1939488.jpg) > [For the first time in your conscious memory; for the first time in fact, since your were a baby; a single tear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-sim/for-the-first-time-in-your-conscious-memory-for-the-first-time-in/) [Dave Sim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-sim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/dave-sim-19321_baby_for-the-first-time-in-your-conscious-mem_2417447.jpg) > [I've read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And perhaps there isn't, since hers was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-ve-read-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-single-tear-that-old-poetic/) [Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/elizabeth-kostova-6991_companion_i-ve-read-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-si_3131880.png) > [A single smile shows happiness, a single tear shows sorrow, a single touch shows affection, a single You completes tomorrow...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armee-taylo/a-single-smile-shows-happiness-a-single-tear-shows-sorrow-a-single/) [Armee Taylo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armee-taylo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/armee-taylo-24467_being-with-you_a-single-smile-shows-happiness-a-single_860313.jpg) > [“What is the weight of a tear? The single tear falls when the buckets have stopped, when dry eyes and a slightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-murray/what-is-the-weight-of-a-tear-the-single-tear-falls-when-the-buckets/) [Wendy Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/wendy-murray-85693_crying_what-is-the-weight-of-a-tear-the-single_2308452.jpg) > [“cheek. Unlike the Blade, I don’t cry the moment I realize what’s happening to me; I think the single-tear thing is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-panitch/cheek-unlike-the-blade-i-don-t-cry-the-moment-i-realize-what-s/) [Amanda Panitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-panitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/amanda-panitch-218381_shock_cheek-unlike-the-blade-i-don-t-cry-the-m_3053985.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/single-tear/#itemlist", "name": "Single Tear Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lord Byron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/the-drying-up-a-single-tear-has-more-of-honest-fame-than-shedding/", "image": { "@type": 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