Our moods are as changeable as the weather, and our passions wane and wax like the moon.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
The Flux of Emotions
T
Escaping Inner Misery
E
We can never flee the misery that is within us.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
Qualities of Love and Repulsion
Q
The very qualities that lead some men to love me are the ones that others find most repellent.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
Reward in the Struggle
R
It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
Commanding Nature and Humanity
C
You cannot say to the sun, ‘More sun,’ or to the rain, ‘Less rain.’ To a man, you can say, ‘Be more human.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
Altering Destiny
A
What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
Beginning of the End
B
The only thing I can say for certain is that at the end of my beginning, there was a beginning of my end.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
The Geisha’s Path
T
To become a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
Familiarity Diminishes Awe
F
Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
The Nature of Sin
T
There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.
Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner