And Then I Became Aware Of All

And Then I Became Aware Of All The Magnificent Silk Wrapped Around My Body, And Had The Feeling I Might Drown In Beauty. At That Moment, Beauty Itself Struck Me As A Kind Of Painful Melancholy.

Friendship Is A Precious Thing, Sayuri. One Mustn't Throw It Away.

I Went Back To Those Graves Not Long Afterward And Found As I Stood There That Sadness Was A Very Heavy Thing. My Body Weighed Twice What It Had Only A Moment Earlier, As If Those Graves Were Pulling Me Down Toward Them.

Water Is Powerful. It Can Wash Away Earth, Put Out Fire, And Even Destroy Iron.

Never Give Up; For Even Rivers Someday Wash Dams Away.