“Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.”

“My ma used to say that crying is good for you. Tears are the path that free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.”

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

“You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.”

“If someone else doesn't like your confidence, that's their problem.
Why? You always come before they do, that's why.”

“America, why are your libraries full of tears?”

“Flood your mind with love. Look into the eyes of the other and embrace the person with whom you have quarreled. Words are not necessary. Both will have their eyes flooded, and the joy of tears will wash away all quarrels.”

“And now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. The leaves are falling from the trees like burning tears- the wind howls. Why must you mimic them?”

“Lysistrata: O women, if we would compel the men to bow to Peace, […] We must refrain from every depth of love…. Why do you turn your backs? Where are you going? Why do you bite your lips and shake your heads? Why are your faces blanched? Why do you weep?”

“Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”