Yukio Mishima quote: …Her desire was close to that of the person who drowns himself; he does not necessarily covet death so much ...

…Her desire was close to that of the person who drowns himself; he does not necessarily covet death so much as what comes after the drowning—something different from what he had before, at least a different world.

~ Yukio Mishima ~

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…Her desire was close to that of the person who drowns himself; he does not necessarily covet death ...

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