First place Quote by Kyung-sook Shin

“She couldn’t let the tears go, but she felt them. She carried them with her everywhere she went. She imagined holding them there for…

— Veronica Rossi

“It was a long story, and sometimes she grew quiet and cried - and during those times he leaned over to wipe away her…

— Sarah J. Maas

“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

“Her emotions were so raw that the hated tears were always just below the surface, waiting to escape at the most inopportune times. She…

— Laurann Dohner

“She very rarely cried, but being brave all the time took an enormous amount of effort. Sometimes she just got tired of keeping everything…

— Garth Nix

“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

“Tears resurfaced. I tried to bite them back, but they bled free. And I knew they would fall endless, ceaseless, even when my eyes…

— A.L. Jackson

“She would never cry where her tears might be seen and counted against her.”

— Daniel Woodrell

“Turning her face away from him, she let the tears fall at last. They were carried away on the wind as if they'd never…

— Rosalie Lario

“The tears stood in her eyes.”

— Betty Smith

“...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

“There was nothing but pain in store for her, yet she cried with happiness and couldn’t stop.”

— Ludmilla Petrushevskaya