“I think a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed.”

The Last Samurai

“There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might even be the most immoral desire a man can possess.”

Yukio Mishima, Confessions of a Mask

“Well, nearly all men seem to feel it incumbent upon them to appear to know something about ships.”

John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes

“Man’s arrogance is boastful, woman’s is something in the fibre.”

John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos

“A real man’s anger is an expression of moral indignation. Anger over petty emotional trifles is for women, not men.”

Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi – Book One: The Way of the Samurai