Wept Quotes
151 quotes by 122 authors
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He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.
— Lois Lowry
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Flailing and thrashing, Buttercup wept and tossed and paced and wept some more, and there have been three great cases of jealousy since David of…
— William Goldman
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The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child…
— T.H. White
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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
— Khalil Gibran
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I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world could cause me…
— Paulo Coelho
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Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.
— Ishmael Beah
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There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no…
— Toni Morrison
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Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his…
— Homer
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I wept bitterly, surrendering momentarily to my fear and heartbroken confusion, but slowly I began to quiet a bit, as Jamie stroked my neck and…
— Diana Gabaldon
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Night of Sleepless Love The night above. We two. Full moon. I started to weep, you laughed. Your scorn was a god, my laments moments…
— Federico Garcia Lorca
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Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
— William Golding
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A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.
— Charles Spurgeon
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Something I tried to hold onto, to touch if only for a moment, but it slipped away from me like the air, like an illusion,…
— Nawal El Saadawi
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And when he had put his hand on mine with a cheerful look, wherefrom I took courage, he brought me within to the secret things.…
— Dante Alighieri
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Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become woman was painful. I wept because I was no longer a…
— Anais Nin
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Tears could not be equal, if I wept diamonds from the skies. Jenks (Black Magic Sanction)
— Kim Harrison
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The night below. We two. Crystal of pain. You wept over great distances. My ache was a clutch of agonies over your sickly heart of…
— Federico Garcia Lorca
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The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan,…
— Victor Hugo
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A man wasn't equal to an animal, not one particle of him. Human life was stinking corrupt, and meanwhile there were beautiful creatures who lived…
— Kiran Desai
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In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid.…
— Coco Chanel
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