250 Quotes by Arthur Golden

Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about – the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of the box. There’s no doubt it’s the most versatile of the five elements. It can wash away earth; it can put out fire; it can wear a piece of metal down and sweep it away. Even wood, which is its natural complement, can’t survive without being nurtured by water.

Two men are equals – true equals – only when they both have equal confidence.

My existence was as unstable as a stream, changing in every way; but the moth was like a piece of stone, changing not at all.

Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it?

I lived in that contented state a long while before I was finally able to look back and admit how desolate my life had once been. I’m sure I could never have told my story otherwise; I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.

Un equilibrio entre lo bueno y lo malo puede abrir las puertas del destino.

My goodness, Sayuri, you do look like a peasant!” he said.