#tear

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#down #insides #matter #quite #racism

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#emotion #inability #restrain #retain #self

Tears are the summer showers to the soul. ↗

— Alfred Austin

#soul #summer #tears

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#answered prayers #more #over #prayers #shed

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#i #live #moved #orchestra #recorded

Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#sorrow #tears #water #death

I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#i do #loathe #sign #slavery #tears

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#far #heaven #into #men #often

I'm empathetic to a fault. I really do - embarrassingly enough - tear up when someone squishes a bug in front of me. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#embarrassingly #empathetic #enough #fault #front

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home. ↗

— Candice Bergen

#being #born #chloe #home #hospital