by Amirah Fatinah
October 29, 2011
“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to
do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may
also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.”
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for
they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was
better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own
ingratitude, more gentle.”
“It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very
well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign
behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday
has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything
collapses. ”
“I love walking in the rain, 'cause then no-one knows I'm crying.”
“Tears are words the heart can't express.”
