“More tearful than crying is seeing someone cry.”

“It's time to testify
It's time to cry all the the tears
I've kept inside
kept inside
It's time to testify
It's time to cry all the tears”

“I'm not used to sensitivity any more. When I see people cry when I lose, save your tears. I don't know how to handle people crying any more. I lost my sensitivity like that. Please, you embarrass me when you cry because I don't know what to do when you cry. I don't know what to say.”

“I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.”

“Only humans can cry tears.”

“Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.”

“… it was more like bleeding than crying.”

“I cry only for joy. I can see something beautiful and cry. And I'm not ashamed of it. After all, crying from joy is much better than from weakness.”

“Our hearts have to cry to end our tears.”

“Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears.”