Quotes about tears

„Our love affair ended in tears but a deep bond grew out of it, and that's something nobody can take away from us. It's unreachable“

—  Freddie Mercury British singer, songwriter and record producer 1946 - 1991

On his relationship with Mary Austin, as quoted in "Rock On Freddie" (1985).
Context: Our love affair ended in tears but a deep bond grew out of it, and that's something nobody can take away from us. It's unreachable … All my lovers ask me why they can't replace her, but it's simply impossible.
I don't feel jealous of her lovers because. of course, she has a life to lead, and so do I. Basically, I try to make sure she's happy with whoever she's with and she tries to do the same for me.
We look after each other and that's a wonderful form of love. I might have all the problems in the world, but I have Mary and that gets me through.

„This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved by the Department of Philosophy or the Department of English—it is a problem for the Department of Justice…. Black or white, the criminal left is interested in power. It is not interested in promoting the renewal and reforms that make democracy work; it is interested in promoting those collisions and conflict that tear democracy apart.“

—  Spiro Agnew 39th Vice President of the United States 1918 - 1996

Speech at a Florida Republican dinner, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (April 28, 1970); reported in Collected Speeches of Spiro Agnew (1971), p. 135.

„Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow.“

—  Amin Maalouf Francophone Lebanese writer based in France 1949

Source: The First Century After Beatrice

„"In twenty years," I said, smiling at her tears, "a man grows humble, Mary. I have stored within me a great fund of affection, with nobody to give it to, and I swear to you, on the word of a soldier, that if there is one of those ladies who can be got to care for me I shall be very proud." Despite her semblance of delight I knew that she was wondering at me, and I wondered at myself, but it was true.“

—  J. M. Barrie, book The Little White Bird

Source: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 26

„As a matter of fact," the other voice went on, "if you do tie her up from time to time, or whip her just a little, and she begins to like it, that’s no good either. You have to get past the pleasure stage, until you reach the stage of tears.“

—  Pauline Réage, book Story of O

Source: Story of O

„I tore off my mask so as not to lose one of her tears… and she did not run away!… and she did not die!… She remained alive, weeping over me, weeping with me. We cried together! I have tasted all the happiness the world can offer.“

—  Gaston Leroux, book The Phantom of the Opera

Source: The Phantom of the Opera

„"Forgive my body!" she said. She put her arms out to me, the tears flowing down her cheeks. "Think of my soul!" she said. "My soul is so beautiful, it can bring you so much! It is not ugly like my flesh!"“

—  John Fante, book Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust (1939)

„Haven't people learned yet that the time of superficial intellectual games is over, that agony is infinitely more important than syllogism, that a cry of despair is more revealing than the most subtle thought, and that tears always have deeper roots than smiles?“

—  Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

On the Heights of Despair (1934)

„Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.“

—  Emil M. Cioran, book A Short History of Decay

A Short History of Decay (1949)

„This is how I recognize an authentic poet: by frequenting him, living a long time in the intimacy of his work, something changes in myself, not so much my inclinations or my tastes as my very blood, as if a subtle disease had been injected to alter its course, its density and nature. To live around a true poet is to feel your blood run thin, to dream a paradise of anemia, and to hear, in your veins, the rustle of tears.“

—  Emil M. Cioran, book A Short History of Decay

A Short History of Decay (1949)

„They ask you for facts, proofs, works, and all you can show them are transformed tears.“

—  Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

The New Gods (1969)

„Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!“

—  Ronald Reagan American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989) 1911 - 2004

Speech at the Brandenburg Gate. (12 June 1987)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
Context: General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

„Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.“

—  Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter and composer 1942

Source: Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999

„Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.“

—  Heinrich Heine German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic 1797 - 1856

As quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987) by Robert Andrews, p. 60

„Let it go, you've got to forget about revenge. Believe me, in this work I've met a lot of guys who feel the way you do. Trust me, for those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well. You'll only tear yourself apart and even if you succeed with your revenge, what would you have then... nothing, emptiness.“

—  Hatake Kakashi, book Naruto

To Sasuke

„Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another“

—  Morrie Schwartz American sociologist 1916 - 1995

„Tears are words that need to be written.“

—  Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

„No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.“

—  Publilio Siro Latin writer

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„Forget all feuds, and shed one English tear
O'er English dust. A broken heart lies here.“

—  Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay British historian and Whig politician 1800 - 1859

Epitaph on a Jacobite (1845)