Tear Quotes

1250 Tear quotes by 862 unique authors

We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy false standards. Only… — Helen Keller
Something was wrong with Luke," Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. "Did you notice the way he was acting?" "He looked pretty… — Rick Riordan
People move because of the wear and tear of anxiety. Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work their efforts will… — Yann Martel
It’s hard not to jump out instead of waiting to be found. It’s hard to be alone so long and then hear someone come around.… — Kay Ryan
And I walk out of space Into an overgrown garden of values, And tear up seeming stability And self-comprehension of causes. And your, infinity, textbook… — Osip Mandelstam
Vayl, this is not a pleasant moment for me," I confessed. "No?" "Locked in a windowless, doorless room with a dancing, headless corpse and a… — Jennifer Rardin
Hey, if you decided to tear up the town, you can always use the leftover bread from my breakfast in place of your cane. I'm… — Jennifer Rardin
They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it… — C.S. Lewis
We should not be post-racial: seeking to get beyond the uplifting meanings and edifying registers of blackness. Rather, we should be post-racist: moving beyond cultural… — Michael Eric Dyson
Perforation! Shout it out! The deliberate punctuated weakening of paper and cardboard so that it will tear along an intended path, leaving a row of… — Nicholson Baker
She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins. — Tom Robbins
Villains!' I shrieked. 'Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart! — Edgar Allan Poe
Love and violence-not to conquer one with the other but to live with both, that's what I've learned. Each pulling me a different way. If… — Denis Johnson
She would always feel this wild girl was the truest of any of the people she had already been: adored daughter, bourgeois priss, rebel, runaway,… — Lauren Groff
This is the meanest thing anyone’s ever done to me,” I said, through my tear-clogged throat. “I want you to know that.” But even as… — Jennifer Weiner
I knew that somewhere God was laughing. He had taken the other half of my heart, the one person who knew me better than I… — Jodi Picoult
Those big blue eyes were swimming, and he was afraid that if the first tear fell, he would break and carry her off anywhere she… — Nora Roberts
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen… — Charles Dickens
I'm thinking of being a professional mourner. How hard can it be? Tear at your hair, sing a dirge or two, take the rest of… — Christopher Moore
Stars," she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady." A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight."… — Rick Riordan
Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces. — Jane Austen
I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night… — Khaled Hosseini
I feel I owe you another explanation Harry," said Dumbledore hesitantly. "You may, perhaps, wondered why I never chose you as a prefect? I must… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces… — Charles Dickens
O Sultan, my master, if my clothes are ripped and torn it is because your dogs with claws are allowed to tear me. — Nizar Qabbani

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