25 Quotes About Geisha
- Author Sayo Masuda
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When someone who's starved of love is shown something that looks like sincere affection, is it any wonder that she jumps at it and clings to it?
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- Author Arthur Golden
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Aku tertidur nyenyak dan bermimpi aku sedang berada dalam bangket di Gion, bicara dengan seorang laki-laki tua yang menjelaskan kepadaku bahwa istrinya, yang dicintainya dengan amat mendalam, tidak benar-benar meninggal karena kenikmatan saat mereka bersama-sama masih hidup di dalam dirinya.
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- Author Arthur Golden
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Sekarang aku tahu bahwa dunia kita sama tidak permanennya dengan ombak yang timbul di lautan. Apapun perjuangan dan kemenangan kita, betapapun kita menderita karenanya, segera saja semuanya akan merembes menyatu, seperti tinta yang tumpah ke kertas.
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- Author Arthur Golden
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Al tempio c'è una poesia intitolata "la mancanza", incisa nella pietra. Ci sono 3 parole, ma il poeta le ha cancellate. Non si può leggere la mancanza, solo avvertirla.
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- Author Yasunari Kawabata
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In the moonlight the fine geishalike skin took on the luster of a seashell.
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- Author Sayo Masuda
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Being in love isn't the only way of loving. I realized with all my being that if you loved somebody- it didn't matter who it was- and dedicated yourself to bringing joy to your loved one, you, too, would be redeemed.
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- Author Arthur Golden
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It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while.
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- Author Arthur Golden
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A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease, even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence.
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- Author Sayo Masuda
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What a lovely place this world would be if only people would feel affection for everyone else, and all the ugliness of the human heart were to vanish - our envy of those better off than ourselves and our scorn for those worse off.
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