“Mourn for Ophelia, if you like. Put ashes on your head because Cordelia was strangled. Cry out against Heaven because the daughter of Brabantio died. But don't waste your tears over Sibyl Vane. She was less real than they are.”
“You know, he told me once, completely exasperated, you've got one glass of water inside your head, with all the tears for a lifetime. If you waste them over nothing, then you won't be able to cry for real when you need to.”
“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”
“The closer you get to heaven, the less air there is, because when you get to heaven for real, you don't need to breathe anymore.”
“It was less humiliating to admit crying because of your feet than because - because somebody had been amusing himself with you and your friends had forgotten you, and other people patronised you.”
“The moment you realize your eyes hurt not because of rubbing them, but because of the tears you wasted, on him.”