"... This humble person has been alive long enough to see two generations of children grow up, and knows how rare it is for ordinary birds to give birth to a swan. The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world." - Tanaka Ichiro
Extract from "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden.
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