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that droplet of moisture that had slipped from me like a tear seemed almost to tell the story of my life. It fell through empty space, with no control whatsoever over its destiny; rolled along a path of silk; and somehow came to rest there on the teeth of that dragon. I thought of the petals I__ thrown into the Kamo River shallows outside Mr. Arashino__ workshop, imagining they might find their way to the Chairman. It seemed to me that, somehow, perhaps they had.
Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha
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that droplet of moisture that had slipped from me like a tear seemed almost to tell the story of my life. It fell through empty space, with no control whatsoever over its destiny; rolled along a path of silk; and somehow came to rest there on the teeth of that dragon. I thought of the petals I__ thrown into the Kamo River shallows outside Mr. Arashino__ workshop, imagining they might find their way to the Chairman. It seemed to me that, somehow, perhaps they had.
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