Crying Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

“Drowned out by the sound of his heart throwing itself against his ribcage.”

— Amy Zhang

“his body break into heaving sobs, his small face smeared into the dirt, his arms clutching at his bruised abdomen. I couldn’t look”

— Tahereh Mafi

“there have been so many times i have seen a man wanting to weep but instead beat his heart until it was unconscious.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“He swallowed hard, annoyed at the sudden dryness in his throat. No reason to become all emotional about it now. He had already sold…

— G.S. Jennsen

“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

“She'd swallowed sadness before it became tears and chocked on anger until she nearly suffocated.”

— Eliza Maxwell

“A surge of emotion washed over him, took him under. He was helpless against it, flailing, gasping for air. Drowning in her.”

— Hanna Martine

“He could not talk himself out of pain any longer. He had no one to be strong for. So finally, he cried. He cried…

— Rachel Simon

“It came to me that I was crying, a steady runoff, a bodily function like anything else the body does on its own, a…

— Goldberry Long

“I had waited for the tears to stop before I called him, waited until my whole body was empty and dry, hard as a…

— Aryn Kyle

“Sorrow is food swallowed too quickly, caught in the throat, making it nearly impossible to breathe.”

— Jesmyn Ward

“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