Centering Quote by Laurie Perez

“The sobs tearing through her were catharsis. Painful and messy, shredding her heart—and leaving a blissful sort of peace in their wake. But not…

— Kit Rocha

“Her bond with the couple who raised her is fierce and beyond questioning. She cannot name the sensation of losing them as grief. She…

— M.L. Stedman

“She did not like seeing her loved ones like this, bent over with sorrow; everything in her wanted to cry out, to thrash and…

— Anne Ursu

“She cried then, letting the raw emotions overtake her. She cried for the loss of her youth that bled out on a bathroom floor…

— S. Walden

“Incessantly, it seemed, life plagued her with responsibilities, made her fall in love, ripped away any consolation she might find. Sisters and parents, brothers…

— Meg Rosoff

“She had wept until she was scrapped raw inside, empty but for the leaden weight of every memory of the life she had left,…

— Kali Wallace

“She wept for her hardheadedness, and for a world that couldn't just let her be both, a woman in love and a woman with…

— Sandhya Menon

“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

“Crying had made her want a shoulder on which to rest her head, arms to hold her. She'd wasted too many tears alone in…

— Laurie Alice Eakes

“She had always experienced big, intense emotions here at Lover's Leap. Under this huge sky, surrounded by infinite beauty, she had grieved to the…

— Emily March

“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

“her heart swelled up with misery, until it felt too large for her bosom. It beat with odd little jerks; her hands were cold,…

— Margaret Mitchell