“The cry on the cross is a humanly cry that cannot be attributed to the man who has faith in the Creator.”
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“No boy is worth crying over, and the one who is won't make you cry.”

"Entertainment or Education? (1936)
Context: The theater-goer in conventional dramatic theater says: Yes, I've felt that way, too. That's the way I am. That's life. That's the way it will always be. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is no escape for him. That's great art — Everything is self-evident. I am made to cry with those who cry, and laugh with those who laugh. But the theater-goer in the epic theater says: I would never have thought that. You can't do that. That's very strange, practically unbelievable. That has to stop. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is an escape for him. That's great art — nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.

“I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, 'Tis all barren!”
In the Street, Calais.
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)
“It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.”
Deep Thoughts: Inspiration for the Uninspired (1992), Berkley Books, ISBN 0-425-13365-6

Source: On the Mystical Body of Christ, p.423

“Don't cry. The damned don't cry.”
Page 253.
Mourning Becomes Electra (1931)