Men Wiping Away Tears: January 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

MEN WIPING AWAY TEARS

The "Pretend you've got something in your eye" method

The "Cover-up" method

The "Half Cover" method

The two-fists mode with eyes showing

The two-fists mode with eyes covered

The back hand swipe - one eye open

The backhand swipe, pretending it was nothing

Crossover swipe - right hand wiping left cheek

The heel of the hand swipe

The one-finger tip approach

The one finger tip approach with skin pull

The two-finger tip approach with eyes open

The two-fingertip approach with eyes closed

The middle-finger approach with other fingers raised

The ring-finger approach with other fingers raised

The four-finger approach

The one finger salute maneuver

The four-finger approach - or is it two?

Ah, the two-finger approach with mouth open

The knuckle technique

The "Use what's available" strategy (in this case a red dinner napkin)

The folded handkerchief strategy with one eye open

The folded hankie technique with eyes closed

The "Oops, I'm crying through my nose" act

The short-sleeve method

The shirt collar maneuver

QUOTES ON TEARS

The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak Dinesen

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ~Kurt Vonnegut

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry. ~Jean Rhys

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. ~Hosea Ballou

The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep. ~Henry Maudsley

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~Kahlil Gibran

Let your tears come. Let them water your soul. ~Eileen Mayhew

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. ~Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, 1860

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~John Vance Cheney

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. ~Christian Nevell Bovee

Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. ~Natalie Clifford Barney

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. ~Antoine Rivarol

A woman wears her tears like jewelry. ~Author Unknown

To weep is to make less the depth of grief. ~William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth

It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears. ~Ovid

Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either. ~Golda Meir

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. ~Albert Smith

Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow. ~Rita Schiano

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right - instantly. ~Sam Slick (Thomas Chandler Haliburton)

Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

Tears are Summer showers to the soul. ~Alfred Austin, Savonarola

Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.
~Dorothy Parker

Tears are the silent language of grief. ~Voltaire

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion. ~Steel Magnolias

Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. ~Lemony Snicket

More grievous than tears is the sight of them. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

It is such a secret place, the land of tears. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince