“I dont think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.”
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“Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“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.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
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