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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Reiko had not kept a diary and was now denied the pleasure of assiduously rereading her record of the happiness of the past few months and consigning each page to the fire as she did so.
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The instant that the blade tore open his flesh the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids.
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