Quote by Melissa Nathan

“No matter how hard it is to see kid tears, grown-up tears are worse to watch.”

— L.M. Bryski

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

— Yuna Takagi

“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

“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

“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

“Why do they treat us like children? they said & I said why do you treat them like adults? & their eyes opened wide…

— Brian Andreas

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

— John Elder Robison

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

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“It is strange how, when a child, I always longed to be like grown-up people, and yet how I have often longed, since childhood’s…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I started to cry then, and I cried for a long time without making much noise. I cried and cried like a little kid.”

— Anne Lamott

“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

“Sometimes children who always shout or cry just simply cannot help it.”

— Sarah Ockwell-Smith