I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it. — Arthur Golden
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be — Arthur Golden
It is confusing, because in this culture we really don’t have anything that corresponds to geisha. — Arthur Golden
I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck. — Arthur Golden
I studied japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward — Arthur Golden
This time all the historical details and things were right. But I’d written it again in — Arthur Golden
This character’s entirely invented, and the woman that I interviewed wouldn’t recognize — Arthur Golden
What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible. — Arthur Golden
He was like a song I’d heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since. — Arthur Golden