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Joyce Kilmer Poet, Writer
Tears

"They say that life is a highway and its milestones are the years,And now and then there's a toll-gate where you buy your way with tears.It's a rough road and a steep road and it stretches broad and far,But at last it leads to a golden Town where golden Houses are."

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Sacinandana Swami Spiritual Leader
Tears

"One day, I remember it was in television. I was a fan of the Rolling Stones. One of the members, the guitarist, had died from an overdose of drugs. I cried tears – my model had died. After this, an exciting new group, the Radha Krishna Temple, came on and sang the Hare Krishna mantra. I immediately felt deep solace."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Tears

"Wherever water flows, life flourishes: wherever tears fall, Divine mercy is shown."

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Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
Tears

"My tears is tatted, my rag in my pocket / Im just looking for love, I know somebody got it"

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
Tears

"Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears."

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Alfred Adler Psychologist
Tears

"Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery."

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet
Tears

"An increase of tenderness always ended by boiling over and turning to indignation. He was at the point where we seek to adopt a course, and to accept what tears us apart."

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Vladimir Nabokov Novelist
Tears

"And presently I was driving through the drizzle of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in full action but unable to cope with my tears."

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