Gentleness Quote by Stephen R. Donaldson

He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

— Lois Lowry

Something in him was broken, and through that break spilled a blind cruelty, a need to hurt and to push away

— Cassandra Clare

“The tears of those who never cry, the calm, the levelheaded ones, are terrible to see. She seemed to be split or torn by…

— John Crowley

And he could not tell why the struggle was worthwhile, why he had determined to use the utmost himself and his heritage from the…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

He was weeping. Although 'weeping' really is to small a word for the activity the kind had undertaken. Tears were cascading from his eyes.…

— Kate DiCamillo

“A belief began to form profoundly inside her — that crying reflected a flaw. That her tears were a problem. That She should trap…

— Magdalena

(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to…

— Kevin Henkes

Deeply, he felt the love for the run-away in his heart, like a wound, and he felt at the same time that this wound…

— Hermann Hesse

As soon as he entered his room, he locked the door and knelt down by his bed to say his usual night prayers. Suddenly,different…

— Anonymous

“This was not the way to think things out for himself, and that was what he had to do. Take each piece of happening…

— Kate Seredy

He felt his heart, which no longer beat, contract, and he wondered if there was anything in the world as painful as not being…

— Cassandra Clare

He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.

— Thomas Gray