We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that exists when you believe in its existence and disappears when you doubt. The task of supporting it seems simple at first glance, but actually requires an ultimate refinement of calculation and a consummate skill.


Confessions of a Mask (ed. New Directions Publishing, 1958) - ISBN: 9780811201186

Yukio Mishima Quotes

We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that...

We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that...

We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that...

We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that...