Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of.
("Memoirs of a Geisha")
More Quotes from Arthur Golden:
His face was very heavily creased, and into each crease he had tucked some worry or other, so that it wasn't really his face any longer, but more like a tree that had nests of birds in all of the branches. He had to struggle constantly to manage it and always looked worn out from the effort.Arthur Golden
Autobiography, if there really is such a thing, is like asking a rabbit to tell us what he looks like hopping through the grasses of the field. How would he know? If we want to hear about the field on the other hand, no one is in a better circumstance to tell us-so long as we keep in mind that we are missing all those things the rabbit was in no position to observe.
Arthur Golden
Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.
Arthur Golden
Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.
Arthur Golden
I think the things I remember are more real than the things I see.
Arthur Golden
I've lived my life again just telling it to you.
Arthur Golden
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