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“I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so long as it was a beautiful demon.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

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“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

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“I dont think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

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“We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

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“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, Memoirs of a Geisha

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The YA Book Club — 21789 members — last activity Sep 03, 2026 06:10AM
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