Quotes by Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses

Explore a curated collection of 5 quotes by Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

How oddly situated a man is apt to find himself at age thirty-eight! His youth belongs to the distant past. Yet the peri — Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses
The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids. — Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses
Again and again, the cicada’s untiring cry pierced the sultry summer air like a needle at work on thick cotton cloth. — Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses
Otaguro’s bosom heaved with an ineffable surge of joy. “Every man is fighting,” he murmured. “Every man. — Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses
Beyond doubt it would speedily verify the proverb that a nation must ravage itself before foreigners can ravage it, a ma — Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses