“A story like mine should never be told. For my world is as forbidden...” – Narrator (Sayuri as an elderly woman), Memoirs of a Geisha ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Memoirs of a Geisha 2005

Narrator (Sayuri as an elderly woman)

A story like mine should never be told. For my world is as forbidden as it is fragile; without its mysteries it cannot survive.

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