Yukio Mishima

“What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world.”

“Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted.”

“The soul knows no persons.”

“True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.”

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

“The past does not only draw us back to it, but also forces us to advance.”

“The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail.”

“Living is a sickness from which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative, not a cure.”

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”

“There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess.”

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

“I am not a man of action. I am a man of words.”

“To be a man is to be a non-believer.”

“If we look on the bright side, we are faced with the fact that life is a rave.”

“Writing is a subtle art that is not easily mastered.”

“Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon's reflection.”

“The darkness of the alley was like a form of day.”

“Real life is the space between what we want and what we have.”

“It is a brave thing to love, but it is a braver thing to be loved.”

“Culture is a mask that can be peeled off at any time.”