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Book Quotes: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“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.”

“At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.”

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

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

To think that a world exists very near to ours, where women are treated as mere commodities is quite an unsettling one. I chose this book because I wanted to learn about the mysterious world of the geisha. Knowing the kind of facts revealed, I was still appalled by how low a woman was worth back in those times.

Young Chiyo, orphaned from her mother's untimely death, sold by a horrid father "so she may always be taken care of".

The age old art of putting henna designs on hands and body is reviving again in recent years. This revival owes itself to a recognition of the East as a haven of art and beauty of another kind. Henna, for women in the east, is more than a mere design made on the hands. Henna is a symbol of a new turning point in life. That is why it is mostly associated with weddings in the east. Other than that, it has become an expression of happiness for the bearer. Girls put on henna on traditional festivals as part of their celebration.

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Princess Jasmine

Remember those Disney princesses back from your childhood? Every little girl was obsessed with them. Even after all these years, their kiddy charm is still there because they remind of the little girl we once were. You can't deny, there was once a time in our childhood when we all solemnly believed that these Disney princesses are real and very much alive, yet we couldn't find any trace of them. Today, what would it be lie to come across a Disney princess in real life?

Here's a real life version of what Disney princesses would have looked like, had they been real.

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Books are a true passion. An avid reader can never get enough of how many books they read. A visit to a book store is no less than a treat and the number of books on their shelves becomes a matter of pride.
Here are some interesting quotes on books and book love for readers that you will certainly enjoy.