“The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
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