{"quotes":[{"text":"Her eyes were glistening, but for some reason he couldn't reach out and touch her. It was like some gestures were so simple they were beyond him.","author":"Garth Risk Hallberg","tags":["city-on-fire","comfort","crying","garth-risk-hallberg"],"id":883,"author_id":"Garth+Risk+Hallberg"},{"text":"I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week. I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full.","author":"Sylvia Plath","tags":["crying","depression"],"id":1162,"author_id":"Sylvia+Plath"},{"text":"Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. Crying includes all the principles of Yoga.","author":"Kripalvanandji","tags":["crying","depression","spirituality","yoga"],"id":3336,"author_id":"Kripalvanandji"},{"text":"Crying has no potential for solving the problems!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["crying"],"id":3404,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"They would repair the leaks in their eyes.","author":"Tim O'Brien","tags":["crying","manliness","war"],"id":3934,"author_id":"Tim+O%27Brien"},{"text":"Tears never were worth the effort of crying them.","author":"Mary Balogh","tags":["crying","sorrow","tears"],"id":5251,"author_id":"Mary+Balogh"},{"text":"God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.","author":"Joshilyn Jackson","tags":["cry","crying","god","help"],"id":5343,"author_id":"Joshilyn+Jackson"},{"text":"Left alone, Miss Verney felt so old, lonely and helpless that she began to cry. No builder would tackle that shed, not for any price she could afford. But crying relieved her and she soon felt quite cheerful again. It was ridiculous to brood, she told herself.","author":"Jean Rhys","tags":["brooding","crying","lonely","old-age"],"id":5351,"author_id":"Jean+Rhys"},{"text":"To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.","author":"Anne McCaffrey","tags":["crying","release","relief","tears"],"id":5839,"author_id":"Anne+McCaffrey"},{"text":"You make it sound so terrible. There’s nothing wrong with crying. Tears are healing. They help you drain out the sorrow and anguish, so you can start filling yourself with more positive emotions, when you’re ready.","author":"Kyla Stone","tags":["crying","feelings","tears"],"id":5862,"author_id":"Kyla+Stone"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":529,"pages":53,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}