Quote by Alice McDermott

“She was crying now, quietly, inhaling so vehemently it was as if she were trying to suck the tears back into her eyes.”

— Anthony Doerr

“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

“And her eyes filled with heavy, regretful tears, yet she did not quite know for what she was weeping. She only knew that some…

— Radclyffe Hall

“Tears sprang from her eyes and she bit her lip to stop herself from howling at the bright pain.”

— Stephen M. Irwin

“She was surprised to find that something from deep down in herself welled into her eyes and burned her cheeks: a few poor tears…

— François Mauriac

“In her own room, she pulled back the covers, took the rosary beads from under her pillow, and got into bed. Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious…

— Alice McDermott

“Adele,” she mouthed. Mary looked up, she couldn’t help it, toward the desk where Adele sat, her back to them, her dirty blond hair…

— Alice McDermott

“It started at her mouth with just a wobble, a tremble of her lips. Then her hands joined in, fingers shaking until she had…

— Kennedy Ryan

“Tears had poured from her eyes without any change in her facial expression. It’s pure pain and pure surrender when your soul cries without…

— Renee Carlino

“She did not move, except now and then to put up her hand and dry the moisture which collected slowly under her eyelids. It…

— Margaret Oliphant

“There weren't any tear tracks on her cheeks, but I remember thinking she was crying anyway, right there in front of me, in her…

— Sarah Dooley

“She cried and her tears fell in the wrong direction. Not down over the light of her cheeks to the corners of her mouth,…

— Cheryl Strayed