Bess Streeter Aldrich Quote

They are the most painful tears in the world... the tears of the aged... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.


A Lantern in Her Hand (1928)


They are the most painful tears in the world... the tears of the aged... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

They are the most painful tears in the world... the tears of the aged... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

They are the most painful tears in the world... the tears of the aged... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

They are the most painful tears in the world... the tears of the aged... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.