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Sayuri Nitta Quotes

Six of the best book quotes from Sayuri Nitta

#1
“My name back then was Chiyo. I wouldn’t be known by my geisha name, Sayuri, until years later.”

author
Arthur Golden
book
Memoirs of a Geisha
characters
ChiyoSayuri
concepts
identitynameschangetransformation
#2
“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.”

author
Arthur Golden
book
Memoirs of a Geisha
characters
SayuriHatsumomo
concepts
identityfinding yourselfsearch for truth
#3
“I’d earned more in the past six months than both Hatsumomo and Pumpkin combined.”

author
Arthur Golden
book
Memoirs of a Geisha
characters
HatsumomoPumpkinSayuri
concepts
competitioncomparisonRivals
#4
“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.”

author
Arthur Golden
book
Memoirs of a Geisha
characters
Mr. TanakaSayuriChiyo
concepts
physical appearancesobservationsbeauty
#5
“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.”

author
Arthur Golden
book
Memoirs of a Geisha
character
Sayuri
concepts
growing uptransformationtrue self
#6
“Every young geisha may be proud of her hairstyle at first, but she comes to hate it within three or four days.”

author
Arthur Golden
book
Memoirs of a Geisha
character
Sayuri
concepts
agephysical appearancesStyledislike

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