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title: "56 Strange man Quotes by 53 authors"
description: "Browse 56 Strange man quotes by 53 authors. Discover the best Strange man sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Strange how you could become a man's god without noticing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-k-morgan/strange-how-you-could-become-a-man-s-god-without-noticing/)

[Richard K. Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-k-morgan/)

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> ['Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/tis-strange-what-a-man-may-do-and-a-woman-yet-think-him-an-angel/)

[William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/)

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> [I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-m-not-particularly-fond-of-kissing-strange-men-contrary-to-popular/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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> [“How strange it was that man could neither brook The presence nor the absence of his look!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/how-strange-it-was-that-man-could-neither-brook-the-presence-nor-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I'm the only man in London that 'Don't talk to strange men' doesn't apply to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/i-m-the-only-man-in-london-that-don-t-talk-to-strange-men-doesn-t/)

[Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/)

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> [Was a strange man, was showing me the mirror \| I'll wait for the arrival of this day \|](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/was-a-strange-man-was-showing-me-the-mirror-i-ll-wait-for-the-arrival/)

[Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/)

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> [Remember your not strange, but your not the same man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kid-cudi/remember-your-not-strange-but-your-not-the-same-man/)

[Kid Cudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kid-cudi/)

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> [Strange is the man who practices his religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/strange-is-the-man-who-practices-his-religion/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/happiness-is-not-only-a-hope-but-also-in-some-strange-manner-a-memory/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Every day in New York City is a test. Work hard and pass this test, you get a chocolate cookie. From a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/every-day-in-new-york-city-is-a-test-work-hard-and-pass-this-test-you/)

[Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/)

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> [There's a Welsh poet, R.S. Thomas. He was a very crotchety, strange man, but his poems are wonderful. He was nominated for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dobyns/there-s-a-welsh-poet-r-s-thomas-he-was-a-very-crotchety-strange-man/)

[Stephen Dobyns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dobyns/)

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> [“Personally I prefer to avoid any activity that ends with a strange man offering to "hose the blood off of ye afterward,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-lawson/personally-i-prefer-to-avoid-any-activity-that-ends-with-a-strange/)

[Jenny Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-lawson/)

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> [“Whenever I see a strange man at a urinal, I always approach him slowly and say, “Dad, is that you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/whenever-i-see-a-strange-man-at-a-urinal-i-always-approach-him-slowly/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [“Strange that one man's actions could touch so many other people, like a single, thoughtless breath of wind coming in an open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karleen-koen/strange-that-one-man-s-actions-could-touch-so-many-other-people-like/)

[Karleen Koen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karleen-koen/)

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> [I did not sleep. I never do when I am over-happy, over-unhappy, or in bed with a strange man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-o-brien/i-did-not-sleep-i-never-do-when-i-am-over-happy-over-unhappy-or-in/)

[Edna O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-o-brien/)

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> [You took a quarter century off my age with that kidnapping stunt. No more going off with a strange men, hear me?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherry-adair/you-took-a-quarter-century-off-my-age-with-that-kidnapping-stunt-no/)

[Cherry Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherry-adair/)

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> [I've noticed that the children of other nations always seem precocious. That's because the strange manners of their elders have caught our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-ve-noticed-that-the-children-of-other-nations-always-seem/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/my-uncle-gentlemen-could-say-nothing-he-was-so-very-much-astonished/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [“...really, what a strange man he is, thought klara, with that aching feeling of loneliness which always overcomes us when someone dear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-nabokov/really-what-a-strange-man-he-is-thought-klara-with-that-aching/)

[Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-nabokov/)

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> [It was a strange man, a kind of black humorist, a true philosopher. One day he said: "If my books could ensure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-brown/it-was-a-strange-man-a-kind-of-black-humorist-a-true-philosopher-one/)

[William C. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-brown/)

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> [In romance, I can’t stand this scenario: A woman is awakened to find a strange man in her bedroom—and then automatically finds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-nelson/in-romance-i-can-t-stand-this-scenario-a-woman-is-awakened-to-find-a/)

[Kristin Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-nelson/)

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> [“When she saw a strange man whom she didn't trust, she did an immediate breakdown in her mind. It was quicker -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/when-she-saw-a-strange-man-whom-she-didn-t-trust-she-did-an-immediate/)

[Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/)

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> [I would be ashamed to admit to the Indians that, where I come from, the women do not feel themselves capable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-liedloff/i-would-be-ashamed-to-admit-to-the-indians-that-where-i-come-from-the/)

[Jean Liedloff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-liedloff/)

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> [If I were just your average 23-year-old girl, and I called the police to say that there were strange men sleeping on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lawrence/if-i-were-just-your-average-23-year-old-girl-and-i-called-the-police/)

[Jennifer Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lawrence/)

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> [“Your mother brought a strange man to this house once, Katarina. I had hoped it might be a few years before history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/your-mother-brought-a-strange-man-to-this-house-once-katarina-i-had/)

[Ally Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-carter/)

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> [I would like to sing someone to sleep, to sit beside someone and be there. I would like to rock you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-maria-rilke/i-would-like-to-sing-someone-to-sleep-to-sit-beside-someone-and-be/)

[Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/)

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> [Dreams, memories, the sacred--they are all alike in that they are beyond our grasp. Once we are even marginally separated from what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/dreams-memories-the-sacred-they-are-all-alike-in-that-they-are-beyond/)

[Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/)

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> [“It is very odd to be standing in a locked room in the Penitentiary, speaking with a strange man about France and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-is-very-odd-to-be-standing-in-a-locked-room-in-the-penitentiary/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“About midnight excited hails were heard from a boat about a couple of miles out at sea to the southeast of Sidmouth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/about-midnight-excited-hails-were-heard-from-a-boat-about-a-couple-of/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [“There were dumplings on the train, sold by grim men and women with deep lines cut into their faces by years and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/there-were-dumplings-on-the-train-sold-by-grim-men-and-women-with/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

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> [“Sarah drew a deep breath and released it slowly, waiting for her voice to steady before she spoke. “It’s a ve ry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-dee/sarah-drew-a-deep-breath-and-released-it-slowly-waiting-for-her-voice/)

[Bonnie Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-dee/)

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> [“I thought of something I learned from reading Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Sandoz. Crazy Horse believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-thought-of-something-i-learned-from-reading-crazy-horse-the-strange/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [“First things first. “What are you doing here?” she whispered after shutting the door behind them. Kyle folded his arms across his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-james/first-things-first-what-are-you-doing-here-she-whispered-after/)

[Julie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-james/)

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> [“There is a story about a man who came to town during the plagues that were killing so many at the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-a-story-about-a-man-who-came-to-town-during-the-plagues-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Every morning I sit at the kitchen table over a tall glass of water swallowing pills. (So my hands won’t shake.) (So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanann-verlee/every-morning-i-sit-at-the-kitchen-table-over-a-tall-glass-of-water/)

[Jeanann Verlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanann-verlee/)

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> [“I'd been making desicions for days. I picked out the dress Bailey would wear forever- a black slinky one- innapropriate- that she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/i-d-been-making-desicions-for-days-i-picked-out-the-dress-bailey/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

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> [“To understand what Jesus accomplished and how he paid with his life, we have to understand what was happening around him. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-o-reilly/to-understand-what-jesus-accomplished-and-how-he-paid-with-his-life/)

[Bill O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-o-reilly/)

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> [“She opened her eyes to find a strange man above her. "Ahh," he sighed. "Your eyes are the color of jade. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jettie-necole/she-opened-her-eyes-to-find-a-strange-man-above-her-ahh-he-sighed/)

[Jettie Necole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jettie-necole/)

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> [“Dear Mama, I hope this letter finds you well. It contains all my love and affection. (It also contains all my questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiersten-white/dear-mama-i-hope-this-letter-finds-you-well-it-contains-all-my-love/)

[Kiersten White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiersten-white/)

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> [“Hatred always involves a painful sense of separation from love, which may be idealized. A person you feel strongly against at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-the-nature-of-personal-reality/hatred-always-involves-a-painful-sense-of-separation-from-love-which/)

[Seth- The Nature Of Personal Reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-the-nature-of-personal-reality/)

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                        "text": "“There is a story about a man who came to town during the plagues that were killing so many at the time. The rats were the problem and while people did not know this in a scientific way like they do now, it was their intuition that told them that the rats were bringing the disease. He claimed that he knew how to get rid of the rats, but most of all how to get rid of the fevers and the disease that were decimating the countryside. The town had to give him one hundred and thirty of their children for him to take back to his home in Transylvania. The population there were so few that it was becoming almost impossible to marry outside of family. The inbreeding was causing disease in the bloodlines --- primarily mental disease. So he promised to free the city of rats, and hence plague, in exchange for these children. He promised they would be healthy for much longer than any normal children in plague-ridden cities could hope for. The people were so desperate they agreed to the man’s request and within a fortnight the town was the only place for miles around which was miraculously free of rats. Soon the town was also unburdened of the former pestilence. When he came to collect his pay in the form of seventy girls and sixty boys under the age of ten, the town refused. They hung him in the town square, fearful of allowing him to leave in case he would rain the black plague down upon them. The people knew that he was a powerful sorcerer of some type and condemned him to death rather than hand their children over to him.             “It wasn’t until the following spring that people began to see the familiar form of the strange man on the roads leading out of town. He was said to be alive and playing a musical instrument that made people feel dizzy or hypnotized. Soon there was a panic. The woods, still devoid of all rats, were searched for the presumed dead traveler. Nothing was found. Then on the Ides of March, in the middle of the night, one hundred and thirty children disappeared from their beds. The adults spoke of an odd feeling that came over them, accompanied by the faint sound of music on the wind. It had put them to sleep and when they awoke all that was left of their children was a pile of bloody teeth resting on their pillows. The parents searched everywhere, pulling their hair and wailing their mournful cries, but the children had vanished. There are stories that these were the first vampire children who later populated the Carpathians, brought from Hamlin by a dark conjurer. Whatever happened in reality, the song was passed down for hundreds of years as a warning not to make deals that you know you will not uphold. It could be a deal with the devil, and he always gets his due.”",
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                        "text": "“She opened her eyes to find a strange man above her. \"Ahh,\" he sighed. \"Your eyes are the color of jade. I imagined them to be dark, like your hair. How strange.\" She continued to stare at him without a word. His figure loomed over her, and he stared at her with large, black eyes, like those of a bird, she thought. His thin, black hair fell past his chin, making him appear delicate, almost beautiful. His lips curved to a smile. \"I find you just as beautiful, my dear,\" he said. His statement shocked her; it was as if he'd read her thoughts. \"Yes, I know what you think presently, but….\" He paused for a moment. \"Not all of them. You keep something hidden from me. Hmm, how strange. Very well. It seems you are more interesting than I first thought.\" \"What is it that you want?\" she spat out. \"Oh, please do not start with that nonsense,\" he chided. \"My plans are not for you to know. However, I will assure you that now I have seen you, I plan to keep you, at least for a while.”",
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                        "text": "“Dear Mama, I hope this letter finds you well. It contains all my love and affection. (It also contains all my questions about how you could ever have loved a man like Professor Miller.) You asked about where I live. I cannot believe I haven’t mentioned it, but I suppose I’m so used to it now I don’t think of it. The dorms are small and plain, but as a student I don’t need much more. (I cannot afford the dorms. I do not live in them.) The food is dreadful, all heavy meat and sauce. I miss fruit! (I am always hungry; a supper with a strange man was the fullest my stomach has been since I got here.) As I have mentioned in every letter, my professors are all interesting and I take copious notes during lectures. (If you do not bring up my father, I am certainly not going to offer you information on that louse of a man.) The course work is challenging but I am excelling. (I have to be perfect so they can find no excuse to dock my grades.) I have delivered Aunt Nani’s package to Jacabo. He was so happy to receive it, and I take tea with him once a week. It is a great comfort to speak Melenese with someone. (I live in the hotel where Jacabo works. He saved me when I realized I could not afford room and board at the school. I work long, hard hours in the evenings to earn a tiny hole of a servant’s room and whatever scraps of food are left over.) Please give everyone my love and tell them how much I am learning to bring back to the island as a teacher. (I will not fail, and I will use everything I learn here to make Melei better.) Your affectionate daughter, Jessamin”",
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                        "text": "“Hatred always involves a painful sense of separation from love, which may be idealized. A person you feel strongly against at any given time upsets you because he or she does not live up to your expectations. The higher your expectations the greater any divergence from them seems. If you hate a parent it is precisely because you expect such love. A person from whom you expect nothing will never earn your bitterness. In a strange manner, hatred is a means of returning to love; and left alone and expressed it is meant to communicate a separation that exists in relation to what is expected. Love, therefore, can contain hate very nicely. Hatred can contain love and be driven by it, particularly an idealized love. You \"hate\" something that separates you from a loved object. It is precisely because the object is so loved that it is so disliked if expectations are not met. You may love a parent, and if the parent does not seem to return the love and denies your expectations, then you may \"hate\" the same parent because of the love that leads you to expect more. The hatred is meant to get your love back. It is supposed to lead to a communication from you, stating your feelings - clearing the air, so to speak, and bringing you closer to the love object. Hatred is not the denial of love, then, but an attempt to regain it, and a painful recognition of circumstances that separate you from it. --”",
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