Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of.

I was thanking him for...well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose.

Can't you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you.

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course of victory.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.

She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret.