“Body and spirit have never blended.
Never in physical action have I ever found the chilling satisfaction of words.”
[At the movie's ending, speaking to the soldiers]
Final address (1970)
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Never in physical action have I ever found the chilling satisfaction of words." by Yukio Mishima?
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