memoirs of a geisha

Grief is a most peculiar thing; we're so helpless in the face of it. it's like a window that will simply open of its own accord. the room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. but it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it.
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Destiny isn't always like a party at the end of the evening. sometimes it's nothing more than struggling through life from day to day.
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Young girls hope all sorts of foolish things.Hopes are like hair ornaments. girls want to wear too many of them. when they become old women, they look silly wearing even one.
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Friendship is a precious thing. one mustn't throw it away.
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Adversity is like a strong wind. it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. it also tears away from us all but the things that can't be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we rily are and not merely as we might like to be.
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Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.
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heyo!i got all these words of wisdom from the book memoirs of a geisha...try to read it guys...its a great book, not to mention a very fascinating one...it's better than watching the movie itself =)