# Quote — Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

> A tree may look as beautiful as ever, but when you notice insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence.

- Author: [Arthur Golden](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden.md)
- Book: [Memoirs of a Geisha](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden/memoirs-of-a-geisha.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Geisha_(novel)#Narrator_(Sayuri_as_an_elderly_woman)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden/memoirs-of-a-geisha/a-tree-may

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> I felt as the waves of the ocean must feel when clouds have blocked the warmth of the sun.

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> Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they’ve simply heard of.

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> Dreams can be such dangerous things; they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes consume us completely.

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