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.”

“If we look on idly, heaven and earth will never be joined. To join heaven and earth, some decisive deed of purity is necessary.

To accomplish so resolute an action, you have to stake your life, giving no thought to personal gain or loss. You have to turn into a dragon and stir up a whirlwind, tear the dark, brooding clouds asunder and soar up into the azure-blue sky.”

“Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.”

“The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids.”