“Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.”

— Yukio Mishima, book Runaway Horses

Source: Runaway Horses

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/06/02/books/book-reviews/yukio-mishimas-demons-full-force-runaway-horses/ note: Runaway Horses (1969)

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Japanese author 1925–1970

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