Charlaine Harris Quotes

For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.

I'm very sensitive and I'm quite a soft person, and I cry a lot when things upset me.

Men can't bear to see women cry.

I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do.

I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.

I cry a lot, you know. Which is very difficult for a man to recognise, but I do. I cry in movies, you know, just watching movies.

No, I am a crier and if people ever saw me privately they would be shocked at what a bowl of mush I am underneath it all.

I'm a crier. You won't see me lashing out, but you will see me crying a lot.

I'm not a crybaby.

If you're embarrassed because you have some notion about how men are supposed to behave, and it doesn't include weeping, then you have some personal work to do.

I can't speak for other people, but I still hate losing. When I did lose, I found it easier to yell than to cry. Guys aren't supposed to cry, are they?

I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.

Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from helplessness.

I'm not really a crying type.

One doesn't generally look into mirrors when one is especially angry; one has better things to do, like pace the floor or throw things.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

Or maybe crying is like everything else we do- it's best if you don't get caught.

We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So people often need to renew their anger a long time after the cause of it has died, because it is a protection against helplessness and emptiness just like howling in the night. And it makes them feel less vulnerable for a little while.

That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.

At one point, she'd wanted to hurl the whole breakfast at the wall. And then she'd remember why it was that men had temper tantrums and women didn't: cleanup.