Cut Short Quote by Alexander Key

“He stood for a moment, bereavement a sudden, small tear in his soul.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“He felt something trickle down his face and he wiped it away irritably. When he looked at the back of his hand, he found…

— Phillip W. Simpson

“AND EVEN THOUGH his face was wet with tears he wasn't supposed to cry when he was alive, I couldn't see him as anything…

— Jason Reynolds

“I don't cry. Unfortunately, I seem rather short of tears, so my sorrows have to stay inside me.”

— Nadine Gordimer

“I started to cry then, and I cried for a long time without making much noise. I cried and cried like a little kid.”

— Anne Lamott

“My sounds [crying] were small and muffled but obvious. No one paid any attention. It was the way we had become. In a world…

— Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures

“There was a small, quiet moment, the kind you just have time to notice, which makes you feel sad for no good reason.”

— Nick Harkaway

“And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for all the things he did. I was crying…

— Ray Bradbury

“The tears formed and I fought not to blink, knowing if one tiny wet drop escaped, the battle would be over. I lost.”

— Myra McEntire

“He wanted to cry out, longed to scream, to howl his misery to the heavens. But he couldn’t even manage a whimper. Tears streamed…

— John Heffernan

“One of the worst feelings in the world is being unable to cry and eventually it..starts to make things darker.”

— Anonymous

“Eventually, when the first phase of the process ended, she began to cry. She cried quietly, even silently, burring her face in her hands,…

— Haruki Murakami