Quotes (#472)

Only to have a grief equal
to all these tears!
- Adrienne Rich

When one begins to live by habit and by
quotation, one has begun to stop living.
- James Baldwin (1924–87)

It is only to the happy
that tears are a luxury.
- Thomas Moore

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises
the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
- Charles Dickens (1812–70)

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response
to death. When a life has been lived completely
honestly, completely successfully, or just
completely, the correct response to death’s
perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
- Julie Burchill

"From quiet homes and first beginning,
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There’s nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends."
- Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)