Yukio Mishima quote: We are not wounded so deeply when betrayed by the things we hope for as when betrayed by things we ...

We are not wounded so deeply when betrayed by the things we hope for as when betrayed by things we try our best to despise.In such betrayal comes the dagger in the back.

~ Yukio Mishima ~

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