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“She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“Her name is Denise, and she has green eyes and red hair. Well, this week. Last week her hair was dyed blonde, and she had blue eyes. Or maybe that was a different woman. I don’t know. All I know is that she is my soul mate.”
― This Book Has No Title
― This Book Has No Title
“My life and most people's lives are a series of little miracles -- strange coincidences which spring from uncontrollable impulses and give rise to incomprehensible dreams. We spend a lot of time pretending that we are normal, but underneath the surface each one of us knows that he or she is unique.”
― My Week with Marilyn
― My Week with Marilyn
“I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they'd once belonged to the sea.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it?”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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