Best Yukio Mishima Sayings
- Suddenly the full long wail of a ship's horn surged through the open window and flooded the dim room - a cry of boundless, dark,… All
- The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids. Behind
- As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding… Absorbed
- Yet how strange a thing is the beauty of music! The brief beauty that the player brings into being transforms a given period of time… Abstraction
- 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… Certain
- Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it. Beauty
- Real danger is nothing more than just living. Of course, living is merely the chaos of existence, but more than that it's a crazy mixed-up… Another Job
- 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,… Everybody
- 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.… Best
- We live in an age in which there is no heroic death. Age
- There's a huge seal called 'impossibility' pasted all over this world. And don't ever forget that we're the only ones who can tear it off… All
- 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… Actually Requires
- 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… Blood
- 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… Cultured
- For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy persistence. I felt… Abyss
- ...of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant. All
- History knew the truth. History was the most inhuman product of humanity.It scooped up the whole of human will and, like the goddess Kali in… Bit
- He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and if possible free… Able
- Time is what matters. As time goes by, you and I will be carried inexorably into the mainstream of our period, even though we’re unaware… All
- 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… Been
- Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart. Heart
- When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning. Certain
- The highest point at which human life and art meet is in the ordinary. To look down on the ordinary is to despise what you… Art
- A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything Defeat
- It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words. Discuss
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