“Only reason Mother tolerates Hatsumomo is because she brings in good...” – Auntie, Memoirs of a Geisha ... Movie Quotes Database

Only reason Mother tolerates Hatsumomo is because she brings in good money. Never forget, it is Hatsumomo who pays for your supper, the clothes on your back. By the time she was twenty, she had already earned back her purchase price! Unheard of! She has been the talk of the hanamachi ever since.

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