# Quote — Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

> A winter scene, though it may be covered over one day, with even trees dressed in shawls of snow, will be unrecognizable the following spring.

- 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)
- Other languages: [pl](https://www.zielonecytaty.pl/arthur-golden/wyznania-gejszy/wszyscy-wiemy-ze-zimowy)
- 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-winter-scene

## More from this book

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden/memoirs-of-a-geisha/i-felt-as-the.md)

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden/memoirs-of-a-geisha/some-people-have.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden/memoirs-of-a-geisha/a-tree-may.md)