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"This character's entirely invented, and the woman that I interviewed wouldn't recognize herself, or really anything about herself, in this book, which she hasn't read, because she doesn't read English."
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"It takes grace to be a great soul."
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"It is better to act right than seek right."
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"If you know how it's to be treated unfairly, you will be gentle with others."
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"Lack of courage leads to cruelty."
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"Every soul is a soul. It is the motives, deeds and actions that define the personality of each soul."
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"Most of your problems exist because your heart is hard and you are being arrogant."
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"Imitate the traits of your creator."
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"A man is known his deeds."
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"If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others."
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"Scripture said that "pride goes before fall". Just let pride go alone. Don't go in its company, else fall pursues both of you!"
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"I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it."
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"Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away."
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"Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred."
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"This character's entirely invented, and the woman that I interviewed wouldn't recognize herself, or really anything about herself, in this book, which she hasn't read, because she doesn't read English."
Character

"What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done?"
Hair

"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are."
Adversity

"It is confusing, because in this culture we really don't have anything that corresponds to geisha."
Cultural

"What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible."
Writing

"We can never flee the misery that is within us."
Courage

"I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck."
Luck
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