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.
Arthur GoldenSometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.
Arthur GoldenHe was like a song I'd heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.
Arthur GoldenBut what I could see out of the corner of my eye made me think of two lovely bundles of silk floating along a stream. In a moment they were hovering on the walkway in front of me, where they sank down and smoothed their kimono across their knees.
Arthur Golden