As an American man of the 1990s writing about a Japanese woman of the 1930s, I needed to cross three cultural divides - man to woman, American to Japanese, and present to past.
More Quotes by Arthur Golden
You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper.
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.
Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.
We can never flee the misery that is within us.
I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.