Chikamatsu Monzaemon > Quotes

“If tears of grief flowed from the eyes and tears of anger from the ears, I could show my heart without saying a word. But my tears all pour in the same way from my eyes, and there's no difference in their color. It's not surprising that you can't tell what's in my heart.”
― Chikamatsu Monzaemon, The Love Suicide at Amijima (Shinju Ten no Amijima): A Study of a Japanese Domestic Tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon