"Maybe you had to." I like that, it's like a breath of fresh air finally, someone has acknowledged that emotional reality is reality, that when it hurts so much, sometimes you have to, see? don't you get it? Tears are necessary for the human existence, as is laughter, and hugs, and screaming when you're frustrated and calling so-and-so up (about fifty times) (at three in the morning) and yeah, sometimes it's not well advised or morally justified, but maybe you have to.
Creds to the book thief. This phrase is going to start slipping into my vocabulary- be warned.