“I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.”
Source: Diary of a Drug Fiend
“Only humans can cry tears.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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Más llanto que llorar es ver llorar.
Voces (1943)
“Spring passes
and the birds cry out—tears
in the eyes of fishes”
行く春や
鳥啼き魚の
目は泪
yuku haru ya
tori naki uo no
me wa namida
Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior and other writings, Boston, 2000, p. 4 (Translation: Sam Hamill)
Spring is passing by!
Birds are weeping and the eyes
Of fish fill with tears.
Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to Oku, Tokyo, 1996, p. 23 (Translation: Donald Keene)
The passing of spring—
The birds weep and in the eyes
Of fish there are tears.
Donald Keene, Travelers of a Hundred Ages, New York, 1999, p. 310 (Translation: Donald Keene)
Oku no Hosomichi
Colin Singleton, p. 7
An Abundance of Katherines (2006)
“Beware when making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.”
Paulo Coelho
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Source: Adultery
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Luiz Carlos Alborghetti
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Original: (pt) As crianças caem no mundo das drogas enquanto suas mães choram lágrimas de sangue!