Tears Quotes - Page 30
The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart.
C. S. Lewis (1997). “The voyage of the Dawn Treader”, HarperCollins Publishers
Bret Easton Ellis (2014). “American Psycho: Picador Classic”, p.40, Pan Macmillan
Song: No Woman No Cry, Album: Natty Dread, 1974
Like the lion tears the flesh off a man, so can a woman who passes herself off as a male.
Song: Foot of Pride
I can approve of those only who seek in tears for happiness.
Blaise Pascal (1849). “Thoughts of Blaise Pascal”, p.87
LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.148, University of Georgia Press
'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 54
The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.
Alexandre Dumas (1997). “The Count of Monte Cristo”, p.284, Wordsworth Editions
alexander smith (1853). “poems”, p.112
The safety-valves of the heart, when too much pressure is laid on.
Albert Richard Smith (1848). “The struggles and adventures of Christopher Tadpole at home and abroad”, p.63
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1956). “The complete Greek tragedies”
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.
Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.33, University of Chicago Press
Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.86, Penguin
Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow.
Aaron Hill, Colley Cibber, John Vanbrugh, George Farquhar (1817). “Tragedy of Alzira with the Life of the Author and a Critique by Richard Cumberland”, p.14