How ridiculous that water ran out of your eyes when your heart hurt. Tragic heroines in books tended to be amazingly beautiful. Not a word about swollen eyes or a red nose. "Crying always gives me a red nose, " thought Elinor. "I expect that's why I'll never be in any book. Cornelia Funke
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According to Anne Bronte, “How ridiculous that water ran out of your eyes when your heart hurt.” The book I am referring to is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Throughout the book, Jane Eyre is crying all the time because her father was mad at her for falling in love with Mr. Rochester. She is in great pain and she cries all night long.

At the end of chapter 15, Mr. Rochester breaks into Jane Eyre’s bedroom and kidnaps her. That night, she cries out in pain and the water runs out of her eyes because it is so hot outside.

So Anne Bronte is saying that it makes no sense for someone to cry over something that isn’t really hurting them or causing them any pain. If you are crying about something because you seem to be suffering, then it is true for someone else too, so there will be tears all around when you are really suffering in silence or when no one knows that your heart actually hurts.

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