Tears Of Sorrow Quotes

• Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.

  Robert Schumann

  Heart, Names, Joy

  Robert Schumann (1907). “The Letters of Robert Schumann”

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• There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the 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

  Love, Marriage, Sympathy

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• Tears are words the heart can't express

  Gerard Way

  Sad, Heart, Sorrow

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• To weep is to make less the depth of grief.

  William Shakespeare

  Broken Heart, Breakup, Grief

  1592 Richard. Henry VI PartThree, act 2, sc.1, l.85-6.

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  When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

  Khalil Gibran

  Moving On, Sympathy, Broken Heart

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.48, Lulu.com

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• We need never be ashamed of our tears.

  Charles Dickens

  Sad, Break Up, Breakup

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Great Expectations”, Xist Publishing

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• Tears are the silent language of grief.

  Voltaire

  Sympathy, Grief, Condolences

  Voltaire (2016). “VOLTAIRE – Premium Collection: Novels, Philosophical Writings, Historical Works, Plays, Poems & Letters (60+ Works in One Volume) - Illustrated: Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary, A Treatise on Toleration, Plato's Dream, The Princess of Babylon, Zadig, The Huron, Socrates, The Sage and the Atheist, Dialogues, Oedipus, Caesar…”, p.4431, e-artnow

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• too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.

  Amy Tan

  Sorrow, Tears, Too Much

  Amy Tan (1995). “The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel”, p.68, Penguin

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  There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

  Washington Irving

  Strength, Sad, Sympathy

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• When you are sorrowful, look again.

  Khalil Gibran

  Sympathy, Condolences, Death Of A Loved One

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• The busy have no time for tears.

  Lord Byron

  Time, Sorrow, Tears

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1466, Delphi Classics

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• The sorrow which has no vent in tears
  may make other organs weep.

  Henry Maudsley

  Inspirational, Sad, Grief

  Henry Maudsley (1895). “The Pathology of Mind”

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

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Sad, Stay Strong, Tears

  FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from Jun 29, 2011

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• It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Love, Sad, Broken Heart

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• You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left my eyes went with You. Now, how will I cry?

  Rumi

  Eye, Blood, Sorrow

  Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (2008). “The Pocket Rumi”, p.19, Shambhala Publications

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• Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.

  Matthew Henry

  Spring, Sorrow, Tears

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• Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Grief, Grieving

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jun 01, 2011

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• A kiss is the prize?’ he asked sadly. ‘Even more than giving me the rest of you? It should be the other way round, Princess. In the real world, it's called courting. You let a lad kiss you and then you offer him more.’ ‘Let me tell you something, Olivier,’ she said with tears of sorrow in her eyes, ‘this is my real world.

  Melina Marchetta

  Real, Princess, Eye

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.575, Penguin UK

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• Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Laughter, Expression, Laughing

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1858). “The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions”, p.156

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