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When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.
Yukio Mishima
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Yukio Mishima
Age: 45 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 14
Died: 1970
Died: November 25
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City of Tokyo
Mishima Yukio
Kimitake Hiraoka
Hiraoka Kimitake
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The period of childhood is a stage on which time and space become entangled.
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A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything.
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It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.
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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. In such betrayal comes the dagger in the back.
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If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death No death may be called futile.
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