Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can’t put the two together;

After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.

don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.

Even now that he is gone I have him still, in the richness of my memories. I’ve lived my life again just telling it to you.