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Actually the action called a kiss represented nothing more for me than some place where my spirit could seek shelter.

Yukio Mishima

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Yukio Mishima
Age: 45 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 14
Died: 1970
Died: November 25
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Mishima Yukio
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