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Quotes from Confessions of a Mask — Yukio Mishima

1925–1970 Japan

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My "act" has ended by becoming an integral part of my nature, I told myself. It's no longer an act.

Confessions of a Mask (1949)

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

Confessions of a Mask (1949)

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

Confessions of a Mask (1949)

Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed?

Confessions of a Mask (1949)

At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it.

Confessions of a Mask (1949)

I received an impassioned letter from Sonoko. There was no doubt that she was truly in love. I felt jealous. Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one. Or can there be such a thing in this world as a man who is jealous of the woman who loves him, precisely because of her love?

Confessions of a Mask (1949)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Yukio Mishima (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.