I sit, but I'm still stiff as a board. My hands are clenched tight, as if I'm holding my tears in my palms and if I loose my grip, they'll come tumbling out.

Lauren Morrill
Some Similar Quotes
  1. ...I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat... - John Geddes

  2. He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. - Lois Lowry

  3. 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... - Suzanne Collins

  4. I stood there in the shadowed doorway thinking with my tears. Yes, tears can be thoughts, why not? - Louise Erdrich

  5. If tears of sorrow are the echoes of things lost, what then are tears of joy? - Tyra Lynn

More Quotes By Lauren Morrill
  1. There's a difference between preferring books to parties and preferring sixteen cats to seeing the light of day.

  2. Point is, maybe some people wouldn't want to be around me all day, but there are people out there who would. And they're smart and funny. And they like some of the same things I like and hate some of the things I hate, but...

  3. Someone once told me love isn’t perfect–or predictable.

  4. I sit, but I'm still stiff as a board. My hands are clenched tight, as if I'm holding my tears in my palms and if I loose my grip, they'll come tumbling out.

  5. ... Paris was a city of love for unimaginative folks.

Related Topics