“The worst kind of pain is when you're smiling just to stop the tears from falling.”
Hiro Mashima (1977) Japanese manga artist
Chronicle "Interdit aux hommes" (Forbidden to men), by Doris Veillette-Hamel, Journal Le Nouvelliste, January 8, 1972, page 11.
Chronicle "Forbidden to men", 1972
“The worst kind of pain is when you're smiling just to stop the tears from falling.”
Hiro Mashima (1977) Japanese manga artist
“You'd be amazed at the pain and tears a single smile hides.”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: Acheron
“Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
You will not die, it’s not poison”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Tombstone Blues
“Never stop smiling not even when you're sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.”
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
Cheryl Strayed book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
John Prine (1946–2020) American country singer/songwriter
"Daddy’s Little Pumpkin" (Prine, Pat McLaughlin)
Song lyrics, The Missing Years (1991)