Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 quotes, page 4

To a man, Geisha can only be half a wife. We are the wives of nightfall. And yet to learn of kindness, after so much unkindness... To understand that a little girl with more courage than she knew, would find that her prayers were answered...can that not be called happiness? After all, these are not the memoirs of an empress, nor of a queen...these are memoirs of another kind.

Mameha

Water is always in such a hurry. Perhaps it is just as well - we have no time to lose.

Mameha

We don't become geisha to pursue our own destinies. We become geisha because we have no choice.

Hatsumomo

Why Sayuri...look what I found. You've been hiding your love for a long time... The sacrifice every geisha must make!

Mameha

You cannot call yourself a true geisha until you can stop a man in his tracks with a single look.

Hatsumomo

You're just jealous somebody cares for me!

Your honorable sister says, "Cut your leg," you cut your leg. She says, "Follow me," you follow her. My life had turned into a game, and only she knew the rules.