Quotes by : Yukio Mishima

We are not wounded so deeply when betrayed by the things we hope for as when betrayed by things we try....

Reiko had not kept a diary and was now denied the pleasure of assiduously rereading her record of the....

An ugliness unfurled in the moonlight and soft shadow and suffused the whole world. If I were an amoeba,....

I felt as though I owned the whole world. And little wonder, because at no time are we ever in such complete....

For everything sacred has the substance of dreams and memories, and so we experience the miracle of what....

Possibly a man who hates the land should dwell on shore forever. Alienation and the long voyages at sea....

And it seemed increasingly obvious that the world would have to topple if he was to attain the glory....

I hope that I am making myself understood. The Golden Temple once more appeared before me. Or rather,....

Suddenly the full long wail of a ship's horn surged through the open window and flooded the dim room....

So far as feelings were concerned, there was no discrepancy between the very finest feeling in this world....