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Yukio Mishima Quotes

It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied Picture Quote #1

An ugliness unfurled in the moonlight and soft shadow and suffused the whole world. If I were an amoeba, he thought, with an infinitesimal body, I could defeat ugliness. A man isn’t tiny or giant enough to defeat anything Picture Quote #1

For clearly it is impossible to touch eternity with one hand and life with the other Picture Quote #1

.. and certain that life consisted of a few simple signals and decisions; that death took root at the moment of birth and man’s only recourse thereafter was to water and tend it; that propagation was a fiction; consequently, society was a fiction too; that fathers and teachers, by virtue of being fathers and teachers, were guilty of a grievous sin Picture Quote #1

I still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line Picture Quote #1

Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood Picture Quote #1

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If the world changed, I could not exist, and if I changed, the world could not exist Picture Quote #1

There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess Picture Quote #1

Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed? Picture Quote #1

Actually the action called a kiss represented nothing more for me than some place where my spirit could seek shelter Picture Quote #1

The past does not only draw us back to the past. There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when we who live in the present touch them, they are suddenly stretched taut and then they propel us into the future Picture Quote #1

We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that exists when you believe in its existence and disappears when you doubt. The task of supporting it seems simple at first glance, but actually requires an ultimate refinement of calculation and a consummate skill Picture Quote #1

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I cried sobbingly until at last those visions reeking with blood came to comfort me. And then I surrendered myself to them, to those deplorably brutal visions, my most intimate friends Picture Quote #1

Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one. Or can there be such a thing in this world as a man who is jealous of the woman who loves him, precisely because of her love? Picture Quote #1

Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they’re just repeating what others before them have done Picture Quote #1

I am one who has always been interested only in the edges of the body and the spirit, the outlying regions of the body and the outlying regions of the spirit. The depths hold no interest for me; I leave them to others, for they are shallow, commonplace. What is there, then, at the outer most edge? Nothing, perhaps, save a few ribbons, dangling down into the void Picture Quote #1

Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart Picture Quote #1

At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it Picture Quote #1

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It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words Picture Quote #1

…the samurai ethic is a political science of the heart, designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others. It was thought more important to look healthy than to be healthy, and more important to seem bold and daring than to be so. This view of morality, since it is physiologically based on the special vanity peculiar to men, is perhaps the supreme male view of morality Picture Quote #1

There isn’t any fear in existence itself, or any uncertainty, but living creates it Picture Quote #1

Even when we’re with someone we love, we’re foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person we love is not the same as loving her true self, for we are only apt to regard her physical beauty as the indispensable mode of her existence. When time and space intervene, it is possible to be deceived by both, but on the other hand, it is equally possible to draw twice as close to her real self Picture Quote #1

When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I suppose, is how human beings are made Picture Quote #1

I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of possession, but simply by unadorned temptation itself Picture Quote #1

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Again and again, the cicada’s untiring cry pierced the sultry summer air like a needle at work on thick cotton cloth Picture Quote #1

The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids Picture Quote #1

The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority Picture Quote #1

We are not wounded so deeply when betrayed by the things we hope for as when betrayed by things we try our best to despise. In such betrayal comes the dagger in the back Picture Quote #1

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It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied (Yukio Mishima Quotes) An ugliness unfurled in the moonlight and soft shadow and suffused the whole world. If I were an amoeba, he thought, with an infinitesimal body, I could defeat ugliness. A man isn’t tiny or giant enough to defeat anything (Yukio Mishima Quotes) For clearly it is impossible to touch eternity with one hand and life with the other (Yukio Mishima Quotes) .. and certain that life consisted of a few simple signals and decisions; that death took root at the moment of birth and man’s only recourse thereafter was to water and tend it; that propagation was a fiction; consequently, society was a fiction too; that fathers and teachers, by virtue of being fathers and teachers, were guilty of a grievous sin (Yukio Mishima Quotes) I still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood (Yukio Mishima Quotes) If the world changed, I could not exist, and if I changed, the world could not exist (Yukio Mishima Quotes) There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed? (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Actually the action called a kiss represented nothing more for me than some place where my spirit could seek shelter (Yukio Mishima Quotes) The past does not only draw us back to the past. There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when we who live in the present touch them, they are suddenly stretched taut and then they propel us into the future (Yukio Mishima Quotes) We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that exists when you believe in its existence and disappears when you doubt. The task of supporting it seems simple at first glance, but actually requires an ultimate refinement of calculation and a consummate skill (Yukio Mishima Quotes) I cried sobbingly until at last those visions reeking with blood came to comfort me. And then I surrendered myself to them, to those deplorably brutal visions, my most intimate friends (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one. Or can there be such a thing in this world as a man who is jealous of the woman who loves him, precisely because of her love? (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they’re just repeating what others before them have done (Yukio Mishima Quotes) I am one who has always been interested only in the edges of the body and the spirit, the outlying regions of the body and the outlying regions of the spirit. The depths hold no interest for me; I leave them to others, for they are shallow, commonplace. What is there, then, at the outer most edge? Nothing, perhaps, save a few ribbons, dangling down into the void (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart (Yukio Mishima Quotes) At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it (Yukio Mishima Quotes) It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words (Yukio Mishima Quotes) …the samurai ethic is a political science of the heart, designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others. It was thought more important to look healthy than to be healthy, and more important to seem bold and daring than to be so. This view of morality, since it is physiologically based on the special vanity peculiar to men, is perhaps the supreme male view of morality (Yukio Mishima Quotes) There isn’t any fear in existence itself, or any uncertainty, but living creates it (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Even when we’re with someone we love, we’re foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person we love is not the same as loving her true self, for we are only apt to regard her physical beauty as the indispensable mode of her existence. When time and space intervene, it is possible to be deceived by both, but on the other hand, it is equally possible to draw twice as close to her real self (Yukio Mishima Quotes) When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I suppose, is how human beings are made (Yukio Mishima Quotes) I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of possession, but simply by unadorned temptation itself (Yukio Mishima Quotes) Again and again, the cicada’s untiring cry pierced the sultry summer air like a needle at work on thick cotton cloth (Yukio Mishima Quotes) The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids (Yukio Mishima Quotes) The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority (Yukio Mishima Quotes) We are not wounded so deeply when betrayed by the things we hope for as when betrayed by things we try our best to despise. In such betrayal comes the dagger in the back (Yukio Mishima Quotes)

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