“I wanted to cry for wanting to cry.”
“She wanted to cry, but she did not want Peter to see her cry, and she especially did not want Teacher, with her flowing hair, to see her cry.”
“You’ve stopped crying. I’m glad. I don’t want you to cry anymore.”
“I didn’t want to cry in front of you.”He wiped away the tears with the pad of his thumb.“I want you to cry only in front of me.”
“I wanted to cry, but the tears did not come.”
“I smile when I want to cry. I laugh when I want to die.”