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

If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness.

Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away.

I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so long as it was a beautiful demon.

We must use whatever methods we can to understand the movement of the universe around us and time our actions so that we are not fighting the currents, but moving with them.

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

A mouse who wishes to fool the cat doesn't simply scamper out of its hole whenever it feels the slightest urge.