If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty. — Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900
If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty. — Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900
If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty. — Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900
If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty. — Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900
If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty. — Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900
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If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty.

— Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900
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