Quote by Edna O'Brien

“The tears that streaked her face evaporated as they made contact with the icy surface of her cheeks.”

— Bianca Sloane

“But she's not even remotely coping inside: it takes a certain strength to cry, the confidence that one will eventually be able to staunch…

— Alain de Botton

“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

“Her pain was so strong, so shrill she could almost understand a man’s suffering when he had a cold.”

— Gena Showalter

“She wanted to cry but the tears would not come. They seemed to flood her chest, and they were hot tears that burned under…

— Margaret Mitchell

“..cold, like swallowed tears.”

— Diana Abu-Jaber

“She wrote sniffing back the tears that flowed over the version of things that her unconscious insisted on sicking up.”

— Helen Hodgman

“She had no reason to cry. She was alive, and it was a beautiful day.”

— Hope Ramsay

“Tears trickle down her cheeks, falling into the bath water as though they are the most inconsequential thing in the world”

— S. Pratt

“...and for the first time in her life the tears that had always seemed to flow so easily, had always been there, eager to…

— Caitlin R. Kiernan

“when she was finally done, she was close to tears and she hated herself more. Dragging oxygen into her sob-clogged throat, she turned to…

— Marian Tee

“The long sadness of winter was finally in retreat.”

— Kimberly Cuttler