Stung, I lifted my eyes to his and saw them as if for the first time. Eyes the color of rain, soft as dew and strong enough to etch a mountainside. Tears shimmered there – tears, ay Mother! Or maybe they were in my own eyes.
...I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat...
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John Geddes
He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.
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Lois Lowry
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...
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Suzanne Collins
I stood there in the shadowed doorway thinking with my tears. Yes, tears can be thoughts, why not?
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Louise Erdrich
If tears of sorrow are the echoes of things lost, what then are tears of joy?
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Tyra Lynn
More Quotes By Deborah Wheeler
He stared at Esmelda with a face like glass, nothing hidden. What I saw there wasn’t steel or fire or stone. Feelings stirred in me and I had to look away. I knew what I saw because I’d felt them, too – understanding, sadness, compassion...forgiveness.
Stung, I lifted my eyes to his and saw them as if for the first time. Eyes the color of rain, soft as dew and strong enough to etch a mountainside. Tears shimmered there – tears, ay Mother! Or maybe they were in my own...
It was past dark when I reached the city and I’d mostly shoved my ghosts back into their graves. I let the gray mare pick her own pace and browse in the grain fields along the way.
