Quotes / Unable to Cry

Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swoon'd nor utter'd cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
"She must weep or she will die."

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead"

"Not could Gudrun
shed a tear,
such was her affliction;
ready she was to burst."

— "First Lay of Gudrun", Poetic Edda

"Even toys have things they want to protect. But tears won't fall from these tin eyes..."

— Thunder Soldier, One Piece

Data: You know that I cannot grieve for you, sir.
Soong: You will, in your own way.

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Brothers"

"Can't cry. Haven't cried since before the crash. Not even when Ry lost his arm, or when my Annabel was stillborn, I just cannot cry. Doctor says it's just one of those things."

— Patsy, Perfect Pie

"It's cruel that you can cry and I cannot. There is a terrible pain I cannot express. Will every human being that I care for just... leave?"

— Andrew, Bicentennial Man

Gohan: Hey, Dr. Wheelo, I... wait. Are you crying?
Wheelo: I physically can't, but I'm just so sa-a-a-a-ad!

— World's Strongest Abridged

"I'm sorry, Lloyd. Even though you're crying for me - and I'm happy, so happy I want to cry. But I can't anymore."

— Colette Brunel, Tales of Symphonia

"They say a lot of people died. This grave belongs to a man named Kurasame. He was our commanding officer. But... I can't even remember his face. So... I can't cry for him."

— Rem Tokimiya, Final Fantasy Type-0

"I don't cry when I'm sad anymore, no, no
Tears calcify in my tummy
Fears coincide with the tow"

—Fiona Apple, "Left Alone"

We’d held a memorial for Tom, after the war. They never found his body, obviously, since he was a snake at the time, but we still held one. I didn’t cry then. I’d tried. But it had felt like I was too hollow inside, like there was just a void where the tears should be. I’d tried so hard, and everyone was looking at me, and I guess I thought that maybe my parents would forgive me, just a little bit, if I could only do that one thing. If I could cry for them. Maybe they’d think their only remaining son wasn’t a monster, if he could shed a few tears.

— Jake's narration, What Tomorrow Brings

"I can't understand you! I don't understand anything! Why is everyone acting so strange? Why can't I—... WHY CAN'T I CRY?! It's just... I mean, I don't know how to feel about you, but everyone else does. I wish I could have met you. Then this place would make me sad, and I could cry healing tears... like you."

— Steven, Steven Universe, "An Indirect Kiss"

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