Air Quote by Mike Bond

She did nothing to try to control the shakes that rattled her body,and didn't attempt to stop herself from crying. Tears left both of…

— J.R. Ward

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

— Toni Morrison

“Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away. She didn't know which way to go.”

— Toni Morrison

“she was trembling from the cold and the fear of being alone in the middle of nowhere with something blocking her path. And smacking…

— Marie Force

“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

“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 felt it all right at the back of her throat, like a bomb – or a tiger – sitting on the base of…

— Rainbow Rowell

“She wrote sniffing back the tears that flowed over the version of things that her unconscious insisted on sicking up.”

— Helen Hodgman

“Her breath caught in her throat, for she heard the clatter of death waiting to fall.”

— Kate Danley

“Her only weak part, they figured, was a fear of the desert, perhaps a fear of drying in the scorching sun, perhaps a lack…

— J.M.K. Walkow

“His eyes were teary from the wind, red-rimmed and bloodshot. His nose was running and there were tears on his windblown cheeks. She”

— Alice McDermott

“Comfort came in and stood with an appearance of guilt and shame. Her head bent, her eyes soaked with tears, her hands and legs,…

— Michael Bassey Johnson