Quotes about tears

A collection of quotes on the topic of tear.

„You know that feeling you get / You feel you're older than time?
Do you keep the receipts for the friends that you buy?
And I hope you know / That it won't let go / It sticks around with you until the day you die.
I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside.“

— Noel Gallagher British musician 1967
Where Did It All Go Wrong?

World, Hope, Feeling, Time

„A woman withers when she is watered only with tears.“

— Andrzej Majewski Polish writer and photographer 1966

Water

„If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.“

— Sophocles ancient Greek tragedian -496 - -406 BC
Scyrii, Frag. 510.

Dead

„We cannot tear a single page from our life, but we can throw the whole book into the fire.“

— George Sand, Mauprat
Mauprat, ch. 11 (1837); Matilda M. Hays (trans.) Mauprat (London: E. Churton, 1847) p. 121

Life, Books

„He who died at Azan sends
This to comfort all his friends:—
Faithful friends! It lies I know
Pale and white and cold as snow;
And ye say, 'Abdallah’s dead!'
Weeping at the feet and head.
I can see your falling tears,
I can hear your sighs and prayers;
Yet I smile and whisper this:
I am not the thing you kiss.
Cease your tears and let it lie;
It was mine—it is not I.“

— Edwin Arnold British poet and journalist 1832 - 1904
After Death in Arabia.

Lie, Faith, Smile, Kiss

„Stars," she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady."
A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight."
Stars," Zoe repeated. Her eyes fixed on the night sky. And she did not move again.“

— Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse

Beauty, Star, Night

„There is a sacredness in tears.... They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.“

— Washington Irving writer, historian and diplomat from the United States 1783 - 1859

Love

„There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.“

— Washington Irving writer, historian and diplomat from the United States 1783 - 1859

Love

„If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.“

— Rabindranath Tagore Bengali polymath 1861 - 1941

Life, Star, Sun, Cry

„I know of a cure for everything: salt water... in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.“

— Karen Blixen Danish writer 1885 - 1962
As quoted in Reader's Digest (April 1964) Variant: I know a cure for everything. Salt water … in one form or another, sweat, tears or the salt sea.

Way, Water, Sea

„Tonight my wife must watch alone
the full moon over Fu-zhou;
I think sadly of my sons and daughters far away,
too young to understand this separation
or remember our life in Chang'an.
In fragrant mist, her flowing hair is damp;
In clear moonlight, her jade-white arms are cold.
When will we lean at the open casement together
while the moonlight dries our shining tears?“

— Du Fu Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty 712 - 770
"Moonlit Night" https://allpoetry.com/Moonlit-Night (trans. David Lunde)

Life, Understanding, Thinking, Daughters

„Just as I was starting on my journey the idea came to me for a new symphony, this time with a program, but a program which will remain an enigma to all— let them guess it who can. It will be called "A Programmatic Symphony" (No. 6). During my trip, while composing in my mind, I frequently shed tears. When I got home I settled down to sketch it, and the work went so furiously that I had the first movement completely ready in less than four days and the remaining movements are already clearly outlined in my head. Half the third movement is already done. There will be much innovation of form in this symphony— and incidentally, the finale will not be a noisy allegro but, on the contrary, a long drawn-out adagio. You can't imagine what bliss I feel, being convinced that my time is not yet passed and I can still work. Perhaps, of course, I'm mistaken, but I don't think so.“

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Russian composer 1840 - 1893
Letter to a nephew (late February 1893)

Feeling, Home, Imagination, Idea

„So, then, Oxford Street, stonyhearted stepmother, thou that listenest to the sighs of orphans, and drinkest the tears of children, at length I was dismissed from thee.“

— Thomas De Quincey English author 1785 - 1859
Pt. I.

Children

„As we walked into the room
There were faces staring, glaring, tearing through me,
Someone said, 'Welcome to your doom,'
Then they smiled with eyes that looked as if they knew me,
This is scaring me.“

— Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009
This Place Hotel

Smile

„She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever“

— Jeff Buckley American singer, guitarist and songwriter 1966 - 1997

Soul

„He left no time to regret,
Kept his dick wet,
With his same old safe bet.
Me & my head high,
And my tears dry,
Get on without my guy.“

— Amy Winehouse English singer and songwriter 1983 - 2011
Back To Black

Guy, Time

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