Tearjerker Quotes

“If someday you should ever think of me and miss me, know in your heart that I'd want you to find me once again. No matter how distant in time or space... FIND ME.”
― Sebastian Cole, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love

“Im here and he’s not. That I’m alive and he’s…”
― Beth Revis, Shades of Earth

“All the birds who were never born, all the songs that were never sung and so can only exist in the imagination.

And this one is Teddy's.”
― Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins

“You tell me how you can love someone and then lose ’em and not ever talk about ’em.”
― Laurie Loveman, Memories

“The more I learn about life and people, the more I realise that everyone has a story and everyone’s story is the biggest in their own mind.” - Laylla Jonson”
― Laura Bailey, Beneath the Blossom Tree

“Of course she had read this work many times before, but there were certain parts to which she passionately returned: so cool, so elegant, so beautiful, so terrible. As she read tears began to stream down her face.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Green Knight

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
― Katherine Applegate, Odder

“Just like a butterfly, I had sprung from my cocoon for the first time. For my risk, I was rewarded with Jacob Bennett." - Laylla Jonson (Beneath the Blossom Tree)”
― Laura Bailey, Beneath the Blossom Tree

“No." I dropped to my knees beside him. "I won't leave you."
...
Aaron's voice was soft. "Why?"
...
"Because, if this is the end ... at least we won't be alone. I won't leave you here alone to die. No way."
Tears streamed down my cheeks, and I squeezed his hand.
He squeezed mine back. "I'm sorry ... for everything. I really screwed your life up."
I smiled, wiping a few tears. "No. You didn't. I'd do it all again. All of the good. The bad. To meet you.”
― S.L. Cokeley, This Blood That Binds Us

“Sometime bad self-esteem is just good common sense" Cloris Leachman, Spanglish”
― Kristen Wasyliszyn, Why Is My Bra Still On?

“They tell you ‘Put your own oxygen mask on first.’ But you think—not with my child. Until the plane actually starts to fall. That’s when you finally understand.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“Trust is not rebuilt with a single apology. It returns inch by inch, strand by strand.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“I realized then, with terrifying clarity: Ima’s boundaries are much more fragile than those of other children and they are never meant to be broken by force. They must be allowed to fade away on their own terms, no matter how much time it takes.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“I see your child, whose world experiences a seismic shift at the slightest change.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“There is no manual for raising special needs children, and we all make mistakes. But our mistakes are exactly what teach us to feel deeper and see clearer.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“You don’t have to be a perfect parent. You only have to walk this path together with your child. Step by step. Inch by inch.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“I stand right beside him. Not between him and the world, but with him, facing the world together.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism