--- title: "1 Arrived Stranger Quotes By Saidiya V. Hartman" description: "1 Arrived Stranger quotes by Saidiya V. Hartman. Plus more from Saidiya V. Hartman and more Arrived Stranger sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/saidiya-v-hartman-65405_atlantic-ocean_if-i-had-hoped-to-skirt-the-sense-of-bei_327233.jpg" --- > [“If I had hoped to skirt the sense of being a stranger in the world by coming to Ghana, then disappointment awaited me. And I had suspected as much before I arrived. Being a stranger concerns not only matters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saidiya-v-hartman/if-i-had-hoped-to-skirt-the-sense-of-being-a-stranger-in-the-world-by/) Saidiya V. Hartman [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/saidiya-v-hartman-65405_atlantic-ocean_if-i-had-hoped-to-skirt-the-sense-of-bei_327233.jpg) ## More by Saidiya V. Hartman > [“Every generation confronts the task of choosing its past. Inheritances are chosen as much as they are passed on. The past depends less on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saidiya-v-hartman/every-generation-confronts-the-task-of-choosing-its-past-inheritances/) Saidiya V. Hartman > [“If I had hoped to skirt the sense of being a stranger in the world by coming to Ghana, then disappointment awaited me. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saidiya-v-hartman/if-i-had-hoped-to-skirt-the-sense-of-being-a-stranger-in-the-world-by/) Saidiya V. Hartman > [“Myth is the threshold of history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saidiya-v-hartman/myth-is-the-threshold-of-history/) Saidiya V. Hartman > [“The domain of the stranger is always an elusive elsewhere .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saidiya-v-hartman/the-domain-of-the-stranger-is-always-an-elusive-elsewhere/) Saidiya V. Hartman ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrived-stranger/saidiya-v-hartman/#itemlist", "name": "1 Arrived Stranger Quotes By Saidiya V. 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