What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible. — Arthur Golden Course Copy Share Image
“We all know that a winter scene, though it may be covered one day, with even the trees dressed in shawls of… — Arthur Golden Spring Copy Share Image
And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped around my body, and had the feeling I might drown in… — Arthur Golden Beauty Copy Share Image
It's your duty to use what influence you have, unless you want to drift through life like a fish belly-up on the… — Arthur Golden Advantage Copy Share Image
“But she told me I was like water..Water can carve its way through stone. And when trapped, water makes a new path.” — Arthur Golden Water Copy Share Image
When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife. — Arthur Golden Divorce 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
An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to believe their lives are entirely a matter of… — Arthur Golden Believe Copy Share Image
“cards decorated with a colorful spray of plum blossoms in the background. Yasuda admired it for a moment before putting it into… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
“And yet if I drew my thoughts back from him, what life would I have? I would be like a dancer who… — Arthur Golden Children Copy Share Image
I stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that… — Arthur Golden Misery 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 Life Copy Share Image
My feelings of disgust had been so loud within me, they’d nearly drowned out everything else. — Arthur Golden Disgusting Copy Share Image
Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can't put the two together... — Arthur Golden Doe Copy Share Image
It's less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can't stop from happening. — Arthur Golden Closing Copy Share Image
“Every step I have taken has been to bring myself closer to you.” — Arthur Golden Every step 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 changes… — Arthur Golden Five elements Copy Share Image
Time your actions so you're not fighting against the currents but moving with them. — Arthur Golden Action Copy Share Image
We must use whatever methods we can to understand the movement of the universe around us and time our actions so that… — Arthur Golden Action 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 Behinds Copy Share Image
I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a… — Arthur Golden Businessman Copy Share Image
