#Arthur Golden

[derangedrhythms]

He was like a song I’d heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.

Arthur Golden, from 'Memoirs of a Geisha'

#arthur golden #memoirs of a geisha #prose #o

[ma-pi-ma]

Al tempio c'è una poesia intitolata "la mancanza", incisa nella pietra.

Ci sono tre parole, ma il poeta le ha cancellate.

Non si può leggere la mancanza: solo avvertirla.

Arthur Golden, da Memorie Di Una Geisha

#Arthur Golden

[la-novellista]

#citazione #arthur golden

[litandlifequotes]

This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes they consume us completely.

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

#arthur golden #memoirs of a geisha #book #book quote #quote #words #reading #fiction

[set-sail-for-the-stars]

“The sea was violent, with waves like stones chipped into blades, sharp enough to cut. It seemed to me the world itself was feeling just as I felt. Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable?"

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, Arthur Golden

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[gliamori-difficili]

Le avversità sono come un vento forte. Ci portano via tutto, ad eccezione di quello che non può essere strappato. Mostrandoci come realmente siamo.

Arthur Golden

#arthur golden #citazioni vita #citazioni tumblr

[a-path-by-the-moon]

#arthur golden #quotes #spiritual #spirituality #inspirational #water #stone #motivational #soul #spirit #life

[eyeoftheheart]

“Watch for the thing that will show itself to you. Because that thing, when you find it, will be your future.”

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“If you keep your destiny in mind, every moment in life becomes an opportunity for moving closer to it.”

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“Every step I have taken in my life since I was a child in Gion, I have taken in the hope of bringing myself closer to you.”

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“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.”

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“Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about.”

― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

#Memoirs of a Geisha #Arthur Golden #Geisha #Love #Destiny

[without-ado]

Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.

l Arthur Golden l Photo: Michel Ghatan

#life #quotes #life philosophy #words #photography #animals #wildlife #lions #arthur golden #adversity

[lockedup-mayribbon]

Re-reading Memoirs of a Geisha and having a very one-sided structural debate with my uninterested mother for the 500th time about how Sayuri should have fallen in love with Nobu instead instead of the Chairman

#no but the scene.. the concrete… the FEELS…. #this book really does live in my head rent free #inmates of mayribbon #bookblr #lit blog #memoirs of a geisha #sayuri #nobu #arthur golden

[fght-ff-yr-dmns]

Currently Reading Memoirs of a Geisha By Arthur Golden

I've wanted to read this book for well over a decade and now I've finally picked up a copy and I'm about to delve in.

This will be my second literary trip to Japan this year after reading James Clavell's Shogun.

I've not read the blurb and i've not seen the film. I'm hoping this lives up to its reputation.

#Memoirs of a Geisha #Arthur Golden #Japan #Geisha #Literature #Novel #Reading List #Currently Reading #Bibliophile #Booklr #Books

[glorioustidalwavedefendor]

Since someone mentioned arthur goldens book "Memoires of a Geisha" as something of a must read WITHOUT mentioning the women he stole big parts of the story from, Mineko Iwasaki

Or the fact that she sued him

Or the book she wrote: "Geisha: A Life" where she mentiones Arthur Golden and his shity stint ...

I will do so instead:

After the Japanese edition of the novel was published, Arthur Golden was sued for breach of contract and defamation of character by Mineko Iwasaki, a retired geisha he had interviewed for background information while writing the novel. The plaintiff asserted that Golden had agreed to protect her anonymity if she told him about her life as a geisha, due to the traditional code of silence about their clients. However, Golden listed Iwasaki as a source in his acknowledgments for the novel, causing her to face a serious backlash, to the point of death threats.[1] In his defense, Arthur Golden countered that he had tapes of his conversations with Iwasaki.[2] Eventually, in 2003, Golden's publisher settled with Iwasaki out of court for an undisclosed sum of money.

Iwasaki later went on to write an autobiography, which shows a very different picture of 20th century geisha life than the one shown in Golden's novel.[3] The book was published as Geisha, A Life[4][5] in the US and Geisha of Gion in the UK.

Golden has said his book is wholly fictional. Iwasaki says she understands this, but is annoyed at its mix of fact and what she terms "distorted facts", which she fears give birth to misunderstandings. She is angry at its portrayal of geishas as little more than playthings of men, arguing that while geishas are paid for their services, they work hard to earn this. To tell what she says is the true story of her life as a geisha, she has written her memoirs, to be published in July. "This book makes women look stupid," she said of Golden's novel. "All they do is go from man to man, followed around by money." "Actually, the geisha system aims at allowing women to achieve independence. We are artists. We dance and perform music -- this is how we earn our living. It is not about sex," she said.

#mineko iwasaki #geisha - a life #arthur golden #memoirs of a geisha

[litandlifequotes]

We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

#arthur golden #memoirs of a geisha #book #book quote #quote #words #reading

[delara25]

Ok, I know many of you might not have heard the book “Memories of a geisha” by Arthur Golden. I recently finally got this book and it even has a film adaptation but the book I personally think is better. So I have thing about rewriting the book but Chiyo or later known as Sayuri is Kai. I even already thought who will be who. I just wanted to know if you would like to read such a story.

#ninjago #ninjago kai #ninjago kai smith #kai smith #geisha #memories of a geisha #arthur golden #ninjago shitpost #i don’t know if you would like it

[hellcess]

Me pregunté si los hombres se dejarían cegar hasta tal punto por la belleza que llegaran a sentirse privilegiados de poder vivir con un verdadero demonio, mientras fuera un demonio hermoso.

— Arthur Golden, Memorias de una Geisha.

#arthur golden #memorias de una geisha #memoirs of a geisha #citas de libros #citas textuales #frases de libros #book quotes

[loulines]

The heart dies a slow death,

shedding each hope like leaves...

until one day there are none.

No hopes.

Nothing remains.

#arthur golden