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Arthur Golden Quotes

At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy Picture Quote #1

You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper Picture Quote #1

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are Picture Quote #1

Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one Picture Quote #1

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck Picture Quote #1

It is confusing, because in this culture we really don't have anything that corresponds to geisha Picture Quote #1

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This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away Picture Quote #1

What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible Picture Quote #1

What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done? Picture Quote #1

This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes they consume us completely Picture Quote #1

I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so long as it was a beautiful demon Picture Quote #1

Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us Picture Quote #1

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I could no more have stopped myself from feeling that sadness than you could stop yourself from smelling an apple that has been cut open on the table before you Picture Quote #1

Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true Picture Quote #1

We all know that a winter scene, though it may be covered one day, with even the trees dressed in shawls of snow, will be unrecognizable the following spring Picture Quote #1

Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of Picture Quote #1

The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world Picture Quote #1

I was thanking him for... well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose Picture Quote #1

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If you have experienced an evening more exciting than any in your life, you're sad to see it end; and yet you still feel grateful that it happened Picture Quote #1

How many times already had I encountered the painful lesson that although we may wish for the barb to be pulled from our flesh, it leaves a welt that doesn't heal? Picture Quote #1

I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha Picture Quote #1

Of course the pace of change never slows, even when we’ve convinced ourselves it will Picture Quote #1

And when I raised myself to look at the man who’d spoken, I had a feeling of leaving my misery behind me there on the stone wall Picture Quote #1

The corridor couldn’t have smelled more strongly of fish guts if we had actually been inside a fish Picture Quote #1

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It’s less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can’t stop from happening Picture Quote #1

Memoirs give the knowledge about the author and his environment. They are different from biography. Memoirs do not get ahead, and the man who writes a biography looks at his future like at a very simple thing Picture Quote #1

I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it Picture Quote #1

If you aren’t the woman I think you are, then this isn’t the world I thought it was Picture Quote #1

Now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper Picture Quote #1

He was like a song I’d heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since Picture Quote #1

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At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy (Arthur Golden Quotes) You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper (Arthur Golden Quotes) Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are (Arthur Golden Quotes) Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one (Arthur Golden Quotes) I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck (Arthur Golden Quotes) It is confusing, because in this culture we really don't have anything that corresponds to geisha (Arthur Golden Quotes) This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away (Arthur Golden Quotes) What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible (Arthur Golden Quotes) What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done? (Arthur Golden Quotes) This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes they consume us completely (Arthur Golden Quotes) I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so long as it was a beautiful demon (Arthur Golden Quotes) Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us (Arthur Golden Quotes) I could no more have stopped myself from feeling that sadness than you could stop yourself from smelling an apple that has been cut open on the table before you (Arthur Golden Quotes) Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true (Arthur Golden Quotes) We all know that a winter scene, though it may be covered one day, with even the trees dressed in shawls of snow, will be unrecognizable the following spring (Arthur Golden Quotes) Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of (Arthur Golden Quotes) The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world (Arthur Golden Quotes) I was thanking him for... well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose (Arthur Golden Quotes) If you have experienced an evening more exciting than any in your life, you're sad to see it end; and yet you still feel grateful that it happened (Arthur Golden Quotes) How many times already had I encountered the painful lesson that although we may wish for the barb to be pulled from our flesh, it leaves a welt that doesn't heal? (Arthur Golden Quotes) I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha (Arthur Golden Quotes) Of course the pace of change never slows, even when we’ve convinced ourselves it will (Arthur Golden Quotes) And when I raised myself to look at the man who’d spoken, I had a feeling of leaving my misery behind me there on the stone wall (Arthur Golden Quotes) The corridor couldn’t have smelled more strongly of fish guts if we had actually been inside a fish (Arthur Golden Quotes) It’s less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can’t stop from happening (Arthur Golden Quotes) Memoirs give the knowledge about the author and his environment. They are different from biography. Memoirs do not get ahead, and the man who writes a biography looks at his future like at a very simple thing (Arthur Golden Quotes) I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it (Arthur Golden Quotes) If you aren’t the woman I think you are, then this isn’t the world I thought it was (Arthur Golden Quotes) Now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper (Arthur Golden Quotes) He was like a song I’d heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since (Arthur Golden Quotes)

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