What an unbearable sorrow it would be, to realized I'd never really tasted to things I'd eaten, or seen the places I'd been. What life would I have? I would be like the dancer who had practiced since childhood for… — 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
