#tear

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson

#feel #film #hear #me #music

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#civilization #derived #divine #grace #human

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#joy #laughter #much #smile #tears

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears. ↗

— Leigh Hunt

#both #given #people #selfish #tears

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