Diane Spencer

“Water is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”
― Olin Miller

“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.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha