The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima Quotes

“...an unknown glory calling for him endlessly from the dark offing, glory merged in death and in a woman, glory to fashion of his destiny something special, something rare... he had been passionately certain: in the depths of the world's darkness was a point of light which had been provided for him alone and would draw near someday to irradicate him and no other.”
― Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima

“Well, that hasn’t got anything to do with it. Real danger is nothing more than just living. Of course, living is merely the chaos of existence, but more than that it’s a crazy mixed-up business of dismantling existence instant by instant to the point where the original chaos is restored, and taking strength from the uncertainty and the fear that chaos brings to re-create existence instant by instant.”
― Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima