“The moment I formulated this thought, everything aroud me seemed to droop heavily toward the earth. Outside in the garden, the eaves… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“And suddenly everything around me seemed to grow quiet, as if he were the wind that blew and I were just a… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“When I said these words, all the heat in my body seemed to rise to my face. I felt I might float… — 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
“If he couldn't forgive you for what you'd done, it was clear to me he was never truly your destiny.” — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t thanking him for the coin, or even for the trouble he’d taken in stopping to help me. I was thanking… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“But, Mameha-san, I don’t want kindness!” “Don’t you? I thought we all wanted kindness. Perhaps what you mean is that you want… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“that droplet of moisture that had slipped from me like a tear seemed almost to tell the story of my life. It… — Arthur Golden 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 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 Image
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 Image
When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency. — Arthur Golden 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 girl, and… — 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 direction, so… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“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 Image
If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was. — 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 about it… — Arthur Golden 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 also tears… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“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 Image
Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it. — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
