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Tears water our growth.
"Tears water our growth."— William Shakespeare
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Meaning of this quote
The image compares tears with water that helps a plant grow. It suggests that processing grief may change a person, without implying that distress is always beneficial or that tears are required for growth.
Key takeaway:
Allow feelings to be processed without demanding a lesson from every loss.
Origin of the quote
A short modern saying circulated under Shakespeare's name. No play, sonnet, other poem, or contemporary record containing the exact phrase was established.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe cited user-submitted entry provides no literary source. A Shakespeare attribution should remain unverified unless an identifiable textual location is found.
