"I loved you once, but now you belong with the dead. I am Anck-es-en-Amon, but I... I'm somebody else, too. I want to live, even in this strange new world."

"Burn the scroll, man. Burn it! It was through you this horror came into existence."

"If I could get my hands on you, I'd break your dried flesh to pieces!"

"Boris Karloff - Ardeth Bey / Imhotep / The Mummy"

"Zita Johann - Helen Grosvenor / Princess Ankh-esen-amun"

"David Manners - Frank Whemple"

"Arthur Byron - Sir Joseph Whemple"

"Edward Van Sloan - Dr. Muller"

"Bramwell Fletcher - Ralph Norton"

"Noble Johnson - The Nubian"

"Kathryn Byron - Frau Muller"

"Leonard Mudie - Professor Pearson"

"James Crane - Pharaoh Amenophis"

"Henry Victor - The Saxon Warrior"

"Your honorable sister says, "Cut your leg," you cut your leg. She says, "Follow me," you follow her. My life had turned into a game, and only she knew the rules."

"My mother always said my sister Satsu was like wood; as rooted to the earth as a sakura tree. But she told me I was like water. Water can carve its way even through stone...and when trapped, water makes a new path..."

"It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for Geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances. She sings. She entertains you. Whatever you want. The rest is shadows. The rest is secret."

"The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves... Until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains."

"At the temple, there is a poem called "Loss", carved into the stone. It has three words...but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read "Loss"... Only feel it."

"Suzuka Ohgo - Chiyo (Sayuri as a young girl)"

"Zhang Ziyi - Sayuri"

"[Sparking flint behind Sayuri] For luck!"

"Geisha needs an elegant wardrobe, just like an artist needs ink. If she is not properly dressed, then she is not a true geisha."

"Only reason Mother tolerates Hatsumomo is because she brings in good money. Never forget, it is Hatsumomo who pays for your supper, the clothes on your back. By the time she was twenty, she had already earned back her purchase price! Unheard of! She has been the talk of the hanamachi ever since."

"Hurry up! [chuckling] You're not making money standing there gawking at yourself!"

"[On the phone] Do you think I am a sucker?"

"[To Hatsumomo] Don't exaggerate! You have never even found a danna. You chose that no-good Koichi. Sneaking through your window at all hours of the night. Not like a geisha, like a common prostitute."

"These country girls. Too late to send her back now."

"Doctor is very expensive. You seem to be racking up quite a debt. Kimono, destroyed. Geisha school, rice and pickles, train ticket, Mr. Bekku, all of this, on top of the money I paid Mr. Tanaka. And for what? And now I hear your sister has run away! She didn't wait for you, and now she can never come back. You must forget you ever had a sister. We are your only family now."

"[as Mother mocks her relationship with Koichi, about to call her a common prostitute] Don't say it!"

"Why Sayuri...look what I found. You've been hiding your love for a long time... The sacrifice every geisha must make!"

"I shall destroy you."

"It's that kimono. She remembers how you destroyed it. Now, she wants to get even."

"You're just jealous somebody cares for me!"

"At least you don't smell as bad as your sister. You know, she was here."

"I can just hear my General now. "Why Hatsumomo. You used to smell of jasmine... What's this new perfume...? Blowfish?""

"Stay out of my room. I can't have you touching my things."

"Why can't you be quiet?"

"A pity she still stinks of fish."

"Besides, who wants a plum when someone has already had a bite?"

"Can't you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge has been to bring myself closer to you."

"I want a life that is mine!"

"I see now why you like Sumo, you can never judge a man's power by his appearance alone."

"I humbly beg to differ. What is sumo but a dance between giants? What is business but a dance between companies? I would like to know about every kind of dance."

"Not every geisha uses that kind of currency."

"I do not like things held up before me that I cannot have."

"Three things matter in life... sumo, business, and war. Understand one, you know them all. But why should a Geisha care? You spend your time plucking strings and dancing."

"I owe Nobu my life. So, when I saw he had a chance at happiness with you, I stood aside and... But I cannot any longer. I hope it is not too late."

"Shizuko Hoshi - Narrator (Sayuri as an elderly woman, voice only)"

"Michelle Yeoh - Mameha"