Unconscious Quote by Helen Hodgman

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

— Eliza Maxwell

“the loss pressed down on her chest and came up into her throat. it was a fine cry -- loud and long -- but…

— Toni Morrison

“It seemed to her that almost any pain was sympathetic to her loss and she inserted herself immediately into the concept of fantastic suffering.”

— Louise Erdrich

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

— Gena Showalter

“Hope had been beaten to death. She dried her eyes, shut down her heart, and plunged herself into an emotional coma. So much easier…

— Shannon Hale

“tears running down her cheeks and her nose, tears from the cold and the prospect of being absent for weeks.”

— Edna O'Brien

“Hope had beaten her to death. She dried her eyes, shut down her heart, and plunged herself into an emotional coma. So much easier…

— Shannon Hale