My tears are the words with which I tell God of my pain.
~ Adofo Quezada
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
~ Euripides
I had known Redival’s tears ever since I could remember. They were not wholly feigned, nor much dearer than ditchwater…. It’s likely enough she meant less mischief than she had done (she never knew how much she meant) and was now, in her fashion, sorry; but a new brooch, much more a new lover, would have had her drying her eyes and laughing in no time.
~ Character in Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
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Trivia
Babies’ eyes do not produce tears until they are approximately six to eight weeks old.
