A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms.

You seemed so desperate, like you might drown if someone didn't save you.

I don't know when we'll see each other again or what the world will be like when we do. We may both have seen many horrible things. But I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world.

I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have.

Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out if I'm hungry?

The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world.

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