#tears

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad. ↗

— Anne Brontë

#smiles #tears #tears

Prim, let go," I say harshly, because this is upsetting me and I don't want to cry. When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I'll be marked as an easy target. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#satisfaction

I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#bring #cinema #even #eyes #goosebumps

I have to tell you, I'm not like Demi Moore, where the tears trickle prettily down my cheeks. My whole face screws up and it's like, 'Oh please, get a room.' ↗

— Jennifer Tilly

#down #face #get #i #like

And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized. ↗

— Jackie DeShannon

#because #breaking #elvis #empty #everybody

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#did #i #me #pitching #poorly

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

#cleaning #exhaustion #frustration #i #laugh

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#crying #happiness #reason #sadness #tears

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. ↗