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Never Be Afraid To Cry Because Those Tears Will Make You Stronger

You know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.
Holly Riordan
February 15, 2017
“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.”
— Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
Tagged: Crying, Tears, noble
“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.”
— C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
Tagged: Crying, Decisions, Tears
“You know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Change
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”
— Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Tagged: Crying, Ashamed, Tears
“The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived. For people like me and Echo, our souls contained more scar tissue than life.”
— Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits
Tagged: Crying, Souls, Tears
“When you feel like you need to cry, when you want to just get it out, relieve some of the pressure from the inside - that is true pain. Because no matter how hard you try or how bad you want to, you can't. That pain just stays in place. Then, if you are lucky, one small tear may escape from those eyes that water constantly. That one tear, that tiny, salty, droplet of moisture is a means of escape. Although it's just a small tear, it is the heaviest thing in the world. And it doesn't do a damn thing to fix anything.”
— Chase Brooks, [ Hello, My Love [ HELLO, MY LOVE ] By Brooks, Chase( Author )Nov-22-2008 Paperback by Brooks, Chase ( Author ) Nov-2008 Paperback ]
Tagged: Crying, Pain, Tears
“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
— Brian Jacques, Taggerung
Tagged: Crying, Grieving, Hearts
“Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
Tagged: Crying, Emotion, Robots
“Those who do not weep, do not see.”
— Victor Hugo, Les Miserables(A Penguin Classics Hardcover)
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Weeping
“What was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?”
— Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
Tagged: Crying, Comfort, Alone
“You don’t have to be awake to cry.”
— Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper: A Novel(Wsp Readers Club)
Tagged: Crying, Awake, Asleep
“The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.”
— Samuel Beckett, Waiting For Godot
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Laughter
“When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy.”
— Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds
Tagged: Crying, boys, Girls
“Let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.”
— Shannon Hale, Princess Academy
Tagged: Crying, Unhappiness, Tears
“I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I'm so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that's all... a day... an hour.”
— George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings(A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)
Tagged: Crying, Comfort, strength
“Curiously, he felt too depressed to cry. Too hurt. It felt as if she'd taken the part of him that cried.”
— John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
Tagged: Crying, depressed, Pain
“I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.”
— Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Tagged: Crying, Truth, Heartbreak
“The hardest part of crying is when I can't stop.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Depression
“God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.”
— Joshilyn Jackson, Gods in Alabama
Tagged: Crying, God, help
“One by one, drops fell from her eyes like they were on an assembly line -- gather, fall, slide... gather, fall, slide... each one commemorating something she had lost. Hope. Faith. Confidence. Pride. Security. Trust. Independence. Joy. Beauty. Freedom. Innocence.”
— Lisi Harrison, Monster High
Tagged: Crying, Hope, Faith, beauty
“To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.”
— Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story
Tagged: Crying, pressure, tension
“I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.”
— Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon The Deep(Zones of Thought)
Tagged: Crying, hurt, Tears
“Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent
Tagged: Crying, Science, Tears
“Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.”
— Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark(Norton Paperback Fiction)
Tagged: Crying, Hearts, Tears
“You would think there's a natural limit to tears: only so much the body can give at one sitting before it runs dry.”
— Janice Galloway, Trick Is to Keep Breathing(Scottish Literature)
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Bodies
“All the books of the world full of thoughts and poems are nothing in comparison to a minute of sobbing, when feeling surges in waves, the soul feels itself profoundly and finds itself. Tears are the melting ice of snow. All angels are close to the crying person.”
— Hermann Hesse, The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
Tagged: Crying, Poems, Tears
“I clench my teeth as tears come. I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Weakness
“Her only weapons were her tears.”
— Eiji Yoshikawa, Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
Tagged: Crying, weapons, Tears
“Crying is like a thundershower for the soul. The air feels so wonderful after the rain. Don’t think too much. Breathe. Don’t be harsh or demanding on yourself. Just experience your feelings and know that your tears are announcing change in your life. Change is coming; like a summer rain — to wash away your pain. Have faith that things are getting better.”
— Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Tagged: Crying, Souls, Change
“They cried. Yes, yes, they cried. Cried more tears than the Mississippi could hold, but those tears never washed away their faith.”
— Andrew Galasetti, These Colors Don't Run
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Faith