Quote by Arthur Golden

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.

And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped

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This quote expresses a moment of introspection where the speaker becomes acutely aware of their own beauty, represented metaphorically as silk wrapping around their body. However, instead of purely positive emotions, the encounter with beauty evokes a sense of melancholy and even pain. It suggests that the speaker realizes the fleeting nature of beauty and its ability to stir complex emotions within oneself, including a bittersweet melancholy.

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