Mai

“We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, I thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching – a pale reflection of the fireworks of one mouth on another, but a reflection nonetheless. And in the almostness of the moment, I cared at least enough. I wasn’t sure whether I liked her, and doubted whether I could trust her, but I cared at least enough to try to find out. Her on my bed, wide green eyes staring down at me. The enduring mystery of her sly, almost smirking, smile. Five layers between us.”
― John Green

“We can never flee the misery that is within us.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“After you, it's all cheap tequila.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Santa Olivia