our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.
Cynthia R. Tanidiciteerde uit4 jaar geleden
A memoir provides a record not so much of the memoirist as of the memoirist’s world.
Laura de Sotociteerde uit5 jaar geleden
It’s time you were; a geisha must be very careful about the image she presents to the world
b8055737834citeerde uit6 jaar geleden
little drum we call tsutsumi,
b8055737834citeerde uit6 jaar geleden
e “gei” of “geisha” means “arts,” so the word “geisha” really means “artisan” or “artist.
Anielka Hociteerde uitvorig jaar
With all this water and all this wood, the two of them ought to have made a good balance and produced children with the proper arrangement of elements.
Bonbon Garzonciteerde uit2 jaar geleden
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?
dellaVeritaciteerde uit2 jaar geleden
Life will be miserable for the lucky ones. The rest won’t even live to see the end of the war.
Elinaciteerde uit3 jaar geleden
the pace of change never slows, even when we’ve convinced ourselves it will.
Elinaciteerde uit3 jaar geleden
Nobu was a man who could hurl his words like stones. It wasn’t just the words themselves or their meaning, but the way he said them.