Book-of-birds Quote by L.M. Bryski

“We are all watching and not knowing what to do because when grown-ups cry, it's not like you can ask them what's wrong, or…

— NoViolet Bulawayo

“You know, when children are silent and proud, and they try to keep back their tears when they are in great trouble and suddenly…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Why did tears make people treat you like a five-year-old when usually they meant something grown-up was going on inside?”

— Melissa Nathan

“cry, child, for those without tears have a grief which never ends.”

— Luis J. Rodriguez

“There is only one thing children find harder to hold back than tears, and that is joy.”

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“It’s okay to cry, baby. Each tear makes you stronger.”

— E.M. Abel

“Do you think that not crying makes you an adult? Why does it seem like you're about to fall apart”

— Yuna Takagi

“There is something deeply unsettling about a child crying insincerely.”

— Emma Forrest

“a crying grown-up with no visible damage, who knew what that meant?”

— John Elder Robison

“I read somewhere that when you're a kid it's people's cruelty that makes you cry, then when you're an adult it's their kindness.”

— Glen Duncan

“What's the point of crying if you can't even see the tears?”

— Robin Benway

“no matter how hard we try to be mature, we will always be a kid when we all get hurt and cry”

— J.M. Barrie