# Quote — Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

> We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice.

- 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)#Mameha) ([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/we-dont-become

## 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)