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Arthur Golden Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Seeing him again after so long awakened something inside me. I was surprised to find myself feeling sad rather than joyful, as I would have imagined Picture Quote #1

Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable? Picture Quote #1

A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease, even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence Picture Quote #1

I don’t know when we’ll see each other again or what the world will be like when we do. We may both have seen many horrible things. But I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world Picture Quote #1

Occasionally in life we come upon things we can’t understand, because we have never seen anything similar Picture Quote #1

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I was thanking him for... well, for something I’m not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose Picture Quote #1

The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains Picture Quote #1

Watch for the thing that will show itself to you. Because that thing, when you find it, will be your future Picture Quote #1

If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even a stone can be worn down with enough rain Picture Quote #1

Of course, a sign doesn’t mean anything unless you know how to interpret it Picture Quote #1

Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can’t put the two together Picture Quote #1

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An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to believe their lives are entirely a matter of choice; but in my day we viewed ourselves as pieces of clay that forever show the fingerprints of everyone who has touched them Picture Quote #1

Yet somehow the thing that startled me most, after a week or two had passed, was that I had in fact survived Picture Quote #1

We don’t become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice Picture Quote #1

When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency Picture Quote #1

Can’t you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you Picture Quote #1

I went back to those graves not long afterward and found as I stood there that sadness was a very heavy thing. My body weighed twice what it had only a moment earlier, as if those graves were pulling me down toward them Picture Quote #1

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If you keep your destiny in mind, every moment in life becomes an opportunity for moving closer to it Picture Quote #1

Neither you nor I can know your destiny. You may never know it! Destiny isn’t always like a party at the end of the evening. Sometimes it’s nothing more than struggling through life from day to day Picture Quote #1

And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped around my body, and had the feeling I might drown in beauty. At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy Picture Quote #1

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 a performance she would never give Picture Quote #1

All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty Picture Quote #1

A geisha has studied a man’s moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms Picture Quote #1

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Flowers that grow where old ones have withered serve to remind us that death will one day come to us all Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I began to feel that all the people I’d ever known who had died or left me had not in fact gone away, but continued to live on inside me just as this man’s wife lived on inside him Picture Quote #1

I tried to continue, but somehow my throat made up its mind to swallow – though I can’t think what I was swallowing, unless it was a little knot of emotion I pushed back down because there was no room in my face for any more Picture Quote #1

After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom Picture Quote #1

If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I’d be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) Seeing him again after so long awakened something inside me. I was surprised to find myself feeling sad rather than joyful, as I would have imagined (Arthur Golden Quotes) Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable? (Arthur Golden Quotes) A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease, even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence (Arthur Golden Quotes) I don’t know when we’ll see each other again or what the world will be like when we do. We may both have seen many horrible things. But I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world (Arthur Golden Quotes) Occasionally in life we come upon things we can’t understand, because we have never seen anything similar (Arthur Golden Quotes) I was thanking him for... well, for something I’m not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose (Arthur Golden Quotes) The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains (Arthur Golden Quotes) Watch for the thing that will show itself to you. Because that thing, when you find it, will be your future (Arthur Golden Quotes) If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even a stone can be worn down with enough rain (Arthur Golden Quotes) Of course, a sign doesn’t mean anything unless you know how to interpret it (Arthur Golden Quotes) Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can’t put the two together (Arthur Golden Quotes) An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to believe their lives are entirely a matter of choice; but in my day we viewed ourselves as pieces of clay that forever show the fingerprints of everyone who has touched them (Arthur Golden Quotes) Yet somehow the thing that startled me most, after a week or two had passed, was that I had in fact survived (Arthur Golden Quotes) We don’t become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice (Arthur Golden Quotes) When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency (Arthur Golden Quotes) Can’t you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you (Arthur Golden Quotes) I went back to those graves not long afterward and found as I stood there that sadness was a very heavy thing. My body weighed twice what it had only a moment earlier, as if those graves were pulling me down toward them (Arthur Golden Quotes) If you keep your destiny in mind, every moment in life becomes an opportunity for moving closer to it (Arthur Golden Quotes) Neither you nor I can know your destiny. You may never know it! Destiny isn’t always like a party at the end of the evening. Sometimes it’s nothing more than struggling through life from day to day (Arthur Golden Quotes) And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped around my body, and had the feeling I might drown in beauty. At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy (Arthur Golden Quotes) 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 a performance she would never give (Arthur Golden Quotes) All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty (Arthur Golden Quotes) A geisha has studied a man’s moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms (Arthur Golden Quotes) Flowers that grow where old ones have withered serve to remind us that death will one day come to us all (Arthur Golden Quotes) 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 Golden Quotes) I began to feel that all the people I’d ever known who had died or left me had not in fact gone away, but continued to live on inside me just as this man’s wife lived on inside him (Arthur Golden Quotes) I tried to continue, but somehow my throat made up its mind to swallow – though I can’t think what I was swallowing, unless it was a little knot of emotion I pushed back down because there was no room in my face for any more (Arthur Golden Quotes) After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom (Arthur Golden Quotes) If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I’d be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness (Arthur Golden Quotes)

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