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Quite possibly, what I call happiness may coincide with what others call the moment of imminent danger
Yukio Mishima
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Yukio Mishima
Age: 45 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 14
Died: 1970
Died: November 25
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I had no taste for defeat - much less victory - without a fight.
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