River Quotes by Arthur Golden

He was like a song I'd heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.

— Arthur Golden

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

— Arthur Golden

When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency.

— Arthur Golden

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

— Arthur Golden

“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

“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

“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

If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.

— 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…

— Arthur Golden

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

“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

Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.

— Arthur Golden

“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

I didn't say to act dead. I said act helpless.

— Arthur Golden

“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