Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it. — Arthur Golden Inspirational Copy Share Image
“He lived in a world that was visible, even if it didn't always please him to be there.” — Arthur Golden Life Copy Share Image
It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while. — Arthur Golden Cry Copy Share Image
“If he couldn't forgive you for what you'd done, it was clear to me he was never truly your destiny.” — Arthur Golden Destiny Copy Share Image
“Passion can quickly slip over into jealousy, or even hatred.” — Arthur Golden Jealousy Copy Share Image
When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency. — Arthur Golden Fighting 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 Fragments Copy Share Image
“Granny, as I went on to learn, was more terrified of fire than beer is of a thirsty old man.” — Arthur Golden Fire Copy Share Image
I could no more have stopped myself from feeling that sadness than you could stop yourself from smelling an apple that has… — Arthur Golden Apples Copy Share Image
Waiting patiently doesn't suit you. I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It… — Arthur Golden Deals Copy Share Image
“My tears simply broke through the fragile wall that had held them, and with a terrible feeling of shame, I laid my… — Arthur Golden Fragile Copy Share Image
Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was… — Arthur Golden Fascinating Copy Share Image
What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do… — Arthur Golden Done Copy Share Image
Neither you nor I can know your destiny. You may never know it! Destiny isn't always like a party at the end… — Arthur Golden Day to day 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 Beautiful Copy Share Image
“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… — Arthur Golden Auntie Copy Share Image
“We topped the ridge a few moments later, and the town of Senzuru came into view below us. The day was drab,… — Arthur Golden Memoirs-of-a-geisha Copy Share Image
I cannot tell you what it is that guides us in this life; but for me, I fell toward the Chairman just… — Arthur Golden Cliffs Copy Share Image
“Water never waits. It changes shape and floes around things, and finds the secret paths no one else thought about __ the… — Arthur Golden Elements Copy Share Image
“... agora sei que o nosso mundo não e mais permanente do que uma onda a erguer-se no oceano. E quaisquer que… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure this will make sense to you but I felt as though I'd turned around to look in a different… — Arthur Golden Future Copy Share Image
“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It… — Arthur Golden Adversity Copy Share Image
“We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something… — Arthur Golden Flowing Copy Share Image
“As a young girl I believed my life would never have been a struggle if Mr.Tanaka hadn't torn me away from my… — Arthur Golden Life 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 Childhood Copy Share Image
“Now she took a close look at me for the first time, puffing on her pipe while the old woman beside her… — Arthur Golden First time Copy Share Image
“Whatever any of us may have thought about Hatsumomo, she was like an empress in our okiya since she earned the income… — Arthur Golden Hot tea Copy Share Image
“I knew even then that she was right. An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to… — Arthur Golden Choice Copy Share Image
“You're eighteen years old, Sayuri," she went on. "Neither you nor I can know your destiny. You may never know it! Destiny… — Arthur Golden Day to day Copy Share Image
“I don't know for sure what ever became of Hatsumomo. A few years after the war, I heard she was making a… — Arthur Golden Life Copy Share Image
“It was an evening of torment, and I remember only one other thing about it. At some point after everyone was asleep,… — Arthur Golden Darkness Copy Share Image
I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around… — Arthur Golden Bottom Copy Share Image