That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.

Laurie R. King
That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away...
That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away...
That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away...
That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away...
About This Quote

"That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate." This quote refers to the fact that we use tears to cleanse our eyes of dirt and make them feel better. Similarly, we use tears to help us move on and stop feeling sad and angry. We also use tears to make our heart feel lighter and happier after a loss. Therefore, this quote means that we should use our tears to remove the negative feelings from our heart and to feel better about life.

Some Similar Quotes
  1. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. - Unknown
  2. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. - Elie Wiesel
  3. The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. - Markus Zusak
  4. In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way... - Orson Scott Card
  5. More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate. - Roy T. Bennett
More Quotes By Laurie R. King
  1. I undid the wrappings with great curiosity, for Holmes did not normally give gifts. I opened the dark velvet jewller's box and found inside a shiny new set of picklocks, a younger version of his own. "Holmes, ever the romantic. Mrs. Hudson would be pleased.
  2. I would have stolen it for you, had I known you were interested." His voice was muffled by the door to the lumber room down the hallway, and I heard thumps and a crash. I raised my voice a trifle more than mere volume required....
  3. You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.
  4. Tell me about yourself, Miss Russel."I started to give him the obligatory response, first the demurral and then the reluctant flat autobiography, but some slight air of polite inattention in his manner stopped me. Instead, I found myself grinning at him." Why don't you tell...
  5. I took to the Bodleian library as to a lover and ... would sit long hours in Bodley's arms to emerge, blinking and dazed with the smell and feel of all those books.
Related Topics