Force Quote by Arthur Golden

“We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.”

Arthur Golden

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

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

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

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

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“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…

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“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…

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“We human beings are only a part of something very much larger. When we walk along, we may crush a beetle or simply cause…

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

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You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it…

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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…

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“Most nights I lay on my futon I was sick with anxiety, and felt a pit inside myself as big and empty as if…

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

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