Amy Stanley > Quotes

“She was angry about so many things, but she aimed her rage at people, not at abstract ideas.”
― Amy Stanley, Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

“the guard posted there saw a fire, he would bang a great drum or ring a bell, picking up the pace as the flames drew nearer.”
― Amy Stanley, Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

“Maybe everyone in Edo was maintaining an illusion of sanity with clothes and hairpins. Or maybe they all started out as virtuous people but were transformed into monsters when they learned—over and over again—that they could never hold on to what they thought was theirs.”
― Amy Stanley, Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

“I wanted to go to Edo, but you wouldn’t let me go.”
― Amy Stanley, Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

“scrawled Chinese characters became millions”
― Amy Stanley, Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World