Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. When they finish, they feel better. But to those without hope, whose anguish is basic and permanent, no good comes from crying. Nothing changes for them. They usually know this, but still canโt help crying.
Nathanael WestBut whether he was happy or not was hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither.
Nathanael WestEvery child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.
Nathanael WestHe felt as though his heart were a bomb, a complicated bomb that would result in a simple explosion, wrecking the world without rocking it.
Nathanael West