Smiling Even When I Am Tearing Quotes & Sayings

It had been a long, dull day at Jackson without Hurrican Lena, and I was starting to wonder how I ever got through eight periods without all the trouble she caused me. Without all the trouble she made me want to cause myself. — Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Blake waited for her to look at him with a smile, but her shoes were still too captivating. He held a hand up to stop Cole from beginning the ceremony. He knelt on one knee, close to the hem of her dress, and looked up at her. She watched him as he kissed her hand.
"Beautiful, enchanting Livia, will you marry me today?"
Livia's disobedient tears emerged, gravity bathing his smiling face with their small, splashy wishes. She took her hand from his and covered her mouth. She nodded over and over as she cried.
Blake stood and gathered her. Livia dissolved into him, leaving the guests alternately tearing up or looking in other directions.
Blake tried to stroke her hair through the veil, but he was afraid he would pull it out. "Shhh. It's okay. I'm not that terrible, am I?"
Livia shook her head.
"I'm making you my wife right now, even if you cry through the whole damn thing." Blake switched to wiping her tears. — Debra Anastasia

I can't speak. There are too many negatives. Too many questions...And all the things these hard times have taken from me. All the things I've had to give up.

Except, perhaps, my dreams. — Katherine Longshore

Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind's tearing tension. — Sri Chinmoy

Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference. — Swami Vivekananda

Psychology Today is probably one of my favorite magazines, Guitar, Guitar World. People. — Meredith Brooks

Common education standards are essential for producing the educated work force America needs to remain globally competitive. This voluntary state lead effort will help ensure that all students can receive the college and career ready, world class education they deserve, no matter where they live. I applaud the states efforts that got us here today and the work of NGA, CCSSO and Achieve in supporting this important achievement. — Craig R. Barrett

If you are going to be pushed you had better jump — Henry James

The prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large. — Jessica Mitford

When you run into someone that you used to be in love with, all that you have is drama, desperation and not know what to do. — Taylor Swift

What we are missing over here is the life of soccer. — Thomas Dooley

Nature and wisdom never are at strife. — Plutarch