Book: Memoirs of a geisha. Page 3

I know I felt like a bird that has flown over the ocean and meet a man who knows where her nest.

When we experience pain, we think that even the trees swaying in the wind, feel sorry for us.

Nothing can be bleaker future, with the exception of the last.

Men are as different from each other as shrubs that bloom at different times of the year.

A tree may appear to be still fine, but when you notice that it is affected by pests and tips of the branches withered away from the sickness, it seems, and the tree itself loses its former beauty.

I never put the defeat to man during a struggle for something. I put lose his confidence. The doubting mind can't focus on winning.
Two people are equal, absolutely equal, only when they have the same amount of confidence.

A woman coming like a fool is a fool!

Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri, he said. It is not necessary to rush.

A woman living in a huge house, can be proud of the beautiful things that surround it, but in that moment, when a fire starts, she has to quickly select only a few of them that it is most important.

Fate is not always like a party at the end of the day. Sometimes it is nothing more than a struggle throughout life, from day to day.

Each person has their own destiny. But why go to a fortuneteller to find out her? I'll go to chef to find out if I'm hungry or not?

Eyes - the most expressive part of a woman's face.

We, who in the nature of a lot of water, don't choose where we sail. All we can do is to swim to where we stand life.

Water changes shape and flows around the objects, find the secret path, which no one guessed - a tiny slot in the roof or in the bottom of the box. Although it is the most changeable of the elements, it can wash away earth, put out fire, move a piece of metal. Even the tree, supplementing the water, can't survive without moisture.