Shizue Level

“In front the sea was spread, a smiling jailer, but even more incorruptible than the frowning mountains.”
― O. Henry, Cabbages and Kings

“The pen is mightier than the sword... an considerably easier to write with. - Marty Feldman”
― Tom Sechrist

“Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it.”
― Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For