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title: "1 Tear Eye Quotes By Mary Kate Teske"
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> [“Why are you crying?'' I asked, and all you could say when you looked up, with a tear in your eye was, ''Because there are oceans in me, and I might finally be learning to swim.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kate-teske/why-are-you-crying-i-asked-and-all-you-could-say-when-you-looked-up/)

Mary Kate Teske

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## More by Mary Kate Teske

> [“Why are you crying?'' I asked, and all you could say when you looked up, with a tear in your eye was, ''Because there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kate-teske/why-are-you-crying-i-asked-and-all-you-could-say-when-you-looked-up/)

Mary Kate Teske

> [“I go through phases. Somedays I feel like the person I’m supposed to be, and then somedays, I turn into no one at all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kate-teske/i-go-through-phases-somedays-i-feel-like-the-person-i-m-supposed-to/)

Mary Kate Teske

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