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

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.

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

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

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.

Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.

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

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

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

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

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

Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.