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“I want to weep . . . 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...” George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.” Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
“He who does not weep does not see.” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.” William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
“I suppose a cry does us all good at times, clears the air as other rain does.” Bram Stoker, Dracula
“I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I...” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“When I wake up, my pillow's cold and damp with tears. But tears for what? I have no idea.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3
“Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.” Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
“How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping!” William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Cry you mercy, I took you for a joint-stool.” William Shakespeare, King Lear
“For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.” Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools” William Shakespeare, King Lear
“Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.” Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.” Veronica Roth, Divergent

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