Yukio Mishima quote: The Imperial Concubine was fully aware of her own beauty, and she tended to be attracted by any force, such ...

The Imperial Concubine was fully aware of her own beauty, and she tended to be attracted by any force, such as religion, that treated her beauty and her high rank as things of no value.

~ Yukio Mishima ~

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