Arthur Golden quotes - page 3

I went back to those graves not long afterward and found as I stood there that sadness was a very heavy thing. My body weighed twice what it had only a moment earlier, as if those graves were pulling me down toward them. (Arthur Golden)
Yet somehow the thing that startled me most, after a week or two had passed, was that I had in fact survived. View quote
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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? View quote
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A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease, even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence. View quote
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Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away. View quote
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Flowers that grow where old ones have withered serve to remind us that death will one day come to us all. View quote
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Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable? View quote
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A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms. View quote
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All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty. View quote
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Seeing him again after so long awakened something inside me. I was surprised to find myself feeling sad rather than joyful, as I would have imagined. View quote
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We human beings have a remarkable way of growing accustomed to things. (Arthur Golden)
Occasionally in life we come upon things we can't understand, because we have never seen anything similar. View quote
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Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out if I'm hungry? View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can't put the two together... View quote
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Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of. View quote
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I've lived my life again just telling it to you. View quote
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I didn't say to act dead. I said act helpless. View quote
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I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck. View quote
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I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have. View quote
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Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating and ended up reading about the subject just about the same time I was getting interested in writing fiction. (Arthur Golden)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Nothing like work for getting over a disappointment. View quote
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