When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife. — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms. — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
And when I raised myself to look at the man who'd spoken, I had a feeling of leaving my misery behind me… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
I fell into a sound sleep and dreamed that I was at a banquet back in Gion, talking with an elderly man… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
I began to feel that all the people I'd ever known who had died or left me had not in fact gone… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Memoirs give the knowledge about the author and his environment. They are different from biography. Memoirs do not get ahead, and the… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, " he explained. "I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
From this experience, I understood the danger of focusing only on what isn't there. What if I came to the end of… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
He was like a song I'd heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since. — Arthur Golden Copy Share
Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true. — Arthur Golden Copy Share
When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency. — Arthur Golden Copy Share
“Oh I'm sure you're right," Auntie said. "Probably she's just as you say. But she looks to me like a very clever girl, and… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
“I'm not sure this will make sense to you, but I felt as though I'd turned around to look in a different direction, so… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
“We human beings are only a part of something very much larger. When we walk along, we may crush a beetle or simply cause… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was. — Arthur Golden Copy Share
You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
“Most nights I lay on my futon I was sick with anxiety, and felt a pit inside myself as big and empty as if… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it. — Arthur Golden Copy Share
“I knew even then that she was right. An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to believe their… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
“I'm not sure this will make sense to you but I felt as though I'd turned around to look in a different direction so… — Arthur Golden Copy Share
