“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.”
Alex Tan
“Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.”
Henri Frederic Amiel
“The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.”
John Vance Cheney
“So, often in the courseOf life's few fleeting years,A single pleasure costsThe soul a thousand tears.”
Francis William Bourdillon
“What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.”
Jewish Proverb
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