TagMemoirs of a Geisha

I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.

Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha

Our moods are as changeable as the weather, and our passions wane and wax like the moon.

Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha

We can never flee the misery that is within us.

Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha

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

The very qualities that lead some men to love me are the ones that others find most repellent.

Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha

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

What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered.

Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha

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

To become a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.

Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha

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