Osamu Quotes in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Osamu: [after his mistress cuts him with a small blade] A thought just occurred to me: "This is the woman I've been looking for. I've finally found her." For the first time I feel like I exist. I don't need a mirror.

Osamu: They don't even know that art is a shadow... that stage blood is not enough.

[Kiyomi cuts Osamu's bare chest. Osamu looks up, surprised]

Kiyomi: It's just a little cut.

Osamu: Why?

Kiyomi: Your skin is so beautiful, I just had to cut it.

Osamu: [smiles] It felt pleasant.

Osamu: You have to promise not to kiss me... until after I'm dead.