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“...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.”
― William Faulkner, Light in August

“…In the very simplicity of her desire to punish herself appeared egoism in its purest form. Never before had this woman who seemed to think only of herself experienced an egoism so immaculate.”
― Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love

“Kensuke and his wife had, like all bored people, a sense of kindness that was close to disease.”
― Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love

“On certain occasions human beings are imbued with the belief that they can accomplish anything. In such moments they seem to glimpse much that is normally invisible to human eyes. Then, later, even after they have sunk to the bottom of memory’s well, these moments sometimes revive and again suggest to men the miraculous plenitude of the world’s pains and joys. None can avoid these moments of destiny; nor can anyone—no matter who he is—avoid the misfortune of seeing more than his eyes can take in.”
― Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love