“Water is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron.”
― 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
“Occasionally in life we come upon things we can't understand, because we have never seen anything similar.”
― 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 could no more have stopped myself from feeling that sadness than you could stop yourself from smelling an apple that has been cut open on the table before you.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
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