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 that I no longer faced backward toward the past but forward toward the future. And now the question confronting me was this: What would the future be
Arthur GoldenPerhaps it seems odd that a casual meeting on the street could have brought about such change. But sometimes life is like that isn't it
Arthur GoldenEvery man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out if I'm hungry?
Arthur GoldenA geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms.
Arthur GoldenCouldn't the wrong sort of living turn anyone mean? I remembered very well that one day back in Yoroido, a boy pushed me into a thorn bush near the pond. By the time I clawed my way out I was mad enough to bite through wood. If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.
Arthur GoldenFlowers that grow where old ones have withered serve to remind us that death will one day come to us all.
Arthur GoldenTags: death
I stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that is within us.
Arthur GoldenNever give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.
Arthur GoldenFriendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away.
Arthur GoldenTags: friendship
As a young girl I believed my life would never have been a struggle if Mr.Tanaka hadn't torn me away from my tipsy house. But now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.
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