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Arthur Golden, born on December 6, 1956, is a renowned American writer known for his delicate emotional descriptions and profound cultural insights. His works, such as 'Snow Country Express', are celebrated for their intricate portrayal of Japanese culture and complex human nature.

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“But 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.”

Thinking Made Two Moments Eye Fronts Down And Corners Lovely Knees Streams Floating Silk Bundles Hovering Kimonos Walkways

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“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?”

Moments Left Behinds Storm Left Behind Barren Memories Of A Geisha

Book:Memoirs Of A Geisha

Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“For a flicker of a moment I imagined a world completely different from the one I'd always known, a world in which I was treated with fairness, even kindness-- a world in which fathers didn't sell their daughters.”

World Different Moments Father Known Kindness Daughter Sells Treated Fairness Flicker

Book:Memoirs Of A Geisha

Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“I went back to those graves not long afterward and found as I stood there that sadness was a very heavy thing. My body weighed twice what it had only a moment earlier, as if those graves were pulling me down toward them.”

Ifs Long Moments Body Found Grief Sadness Heavy Graves Grieving Pulling Memories Of A Geisha Heavy Things

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

Ifs Mind Moments Moving Opportunity Destiny Your Destiny Moving Closer

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“And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped around my body, and had the feeling I might drown in beauty. At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.”

Kind Moments Feelings Body Might Painful That Moment Melancholy Magnificent Silk

Book:Memoirs Of A Geisha

Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.”

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Book:Memoirs Of A Geisha

Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness.”

Ifs Moments Light Would Be Eye Pleasure Darkness Source Brilliant Better Off

Author:Arthur Golden

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Born: December 6, 1956
Known for: Writer
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