The tiny space, the toilet, two hundred strangers just a few inches away, it's so exciting, the lack of room to maneuver,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I don't take gifts from perfect strangers — but then, nobody is perfect. — Zsa Zsa Gabor Copy Share Image
Pico Iyer describes his writing as "intimate letters to a stranger," and I think that is what the writing process is. It… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
When we spoke, Gene Wilder had just written a memoir called "Kiss Me Like A Stranger." The title was suggested by his… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them—and by laughing at them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human… — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I had longed to come home but now that I was there, it wasn't much fun. Home wasn't the same if I… — Peg Kehret Copy Share Image
I always try and make people feel that they are strong enough to say something - anything, to anyone - even if… — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
There's something not normal about you if you're writing a book about yourself, or about anything. And if you're the kind of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
You're looking through the kaleidoscope of God and seeing God's face in so many ways, as friends, as strangers, passersby, country roads,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're… — Katherine Heigl Copy Share Image
The Universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan. — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
We're dealing here," said Vimes, "With a twisted mind." "Oh, no! You think so?" "Yes." "But... no... you can't be right. Because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger when, in fact, he belongs to… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
Home. It's being new and old all rolled into one. Measuring your new against old friends, old ways, old places, Knowing that… — Gloria Naylor Copy Share Image
If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
The house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Neither Imperial Russia, nor the Russia of the Soviets needs me. They don't understand me. I am a stranger to them. I'm… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
He gazes through sunlight's buttresses, back down the refectory at the others, wallowing in their plenitude of bananas, thick palatals of their… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I really value unforgettable moments. Things you can tell people about. We have too few of them in our lives, and it… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image