Crying

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You know, I thought the time when you want to cry the most is the time when you need to work the hardest.
So, I decided to cry daily, to let it drop; the tears that I will shred when I most want to.
So that my tears would be dry when I need to work the hardest.

From Baccano episode 13




I found this line quite impressive. But please don't miss-understand. I am not in love of crying or any sort of it. It is just really smart of him if he really is capable of controlling his tears or emotions, just like a faucet. It probably is a way of self-controlling. Which I have never heard of. Since I always thought self-controlling as hiding your emotions.
Well, as I was reading the part of holding the tears and let it go another time, it reminded me of this story that I don’t remember what it was about nor the title. The only thing I remember is about this girl talking about a boy that is matured and calmed. One day she asked him, “Why are you so quiet?” or something similar to it. And the boy answered, “Because I am saving my energy for later on in my life.” So the girl thought, “But you can’t do that. The energy you have, let’s say, when you are 8 years old, is only useful when you are 8 years old. It’s not something that you can preserve. It’s like food. Eating a lot at breakfast doesn’t keep you well fed and active for the rest of the day. Unless you eat lunch or dinner."
I agree with this girl from this random story. So, as you can see, I personally don’t believe what the quote is saying about saving tears for later on but I like the idea of controling emotions.

One more last thing I want to say about this quote is one of the reasons why I liked the idea of this line. It is because I once heard that one of the most important skills to live successfully is the ability of letting your negative feelings and frustrations out. Just like a balloon. Never blow it too hard and let your self explode. And I guess this thing about the tears can be one of the ways to release air from you own balloon.