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This book offers a profound look into the world of geishas, exploring the cultural and personal journey of a young girl who becomes one of the most celebrated geishas in Kyoto.
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“We human beings have a remarkable way of growing accustomed to things.”
“Nothing is as bleak as the future, except the past.”
“Sometimes," he sighed, "I think the things I remember are more real than the things I see.”
“Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.”
“I've lived my life again just telling it to you.”
“My feelings of disgust had been so loud within me, they’d nearly drowned out everything else.”
“At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.”
“Sadness was a very heavy thing. My body weighed twice what it had only a moment earlier.”
“The world was simply too cruel; how could I survive?”
“Nadie es capaz de hablar honestamente de sus sufrimientos hasta que no ha dejado de sentirlos.”