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Sayuri Nitta Quotes
Six of the best book quotes from Sayuri Nitta
01
“My name back then was Chiyo. I wouldn’t be known by my geisha name, Sayuri, until years later.”
Arthur Golden
author
Memoirs of a Geisha
book
Chiyo Sakamotto
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Sayuri Nitta
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identity
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names
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transformation
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02
“I sometimes lift the brocade cover on the mirror of my makeup stand, and have the briefest flicker of a thought that I may find her there in the glass, smirking at me.”
Arthur Golden
author
Memoirs of a Geisha
book
Sayuri Nitta
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Hatsumomo
characters
identity
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finding yourself
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search for truth
concepts
03
“I’d earned more in the past six months than both Hatsumomo and Pumpkin combined.”
Arthur Golden
author
Memoirs of a Geisha
book
Hatsumomo
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Pumpkin
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Sayuri Nitta
characters
competition
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comparison
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rivals
concepts
04
“It struck me as odd that even though no one could have called her a beauty, Mr. Tanaka’s eyes were fixed on her like a rag on a hook.”
Arthur Golden
author
Memoirs of a Geisha
book
Chiyo Sakamotto
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Sayuri Nitta
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Ichiro Tanaka
characters
observations
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physical appearances
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beauty
concepts
05
“Every time I caught a glimpse of myself in the glass of a shop, I felt I was someone to be taken seriously; not a girl anymore, but a young woman.”
Arthur Golden
author
Memoirs of a Geisha
book
Sayuri Nitta
character
growing up
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transformation
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true self
concepts
06
“Every young geisha may be proud of her hairstyle at first, but she comes to hate it within three or four days.”
Arthur Golden
author
Memoirs of a Geisha
book
Sayuri Nitta
character
dislike
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style
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physical appearances
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age
concepts
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