We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice.

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.

Anyone can have a good day. The question is what do you do on a bad day. That's when you're being tested. In a very tangible sense, a bad day shows your innermost essence more than a good day.

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

The prettiest of them all is a girl who is pretty on the inside.

A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast.

Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.