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> [“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was strange, somehow, that something kept her from ever fully bridging the gap between who she was and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/she-looked-at-the-people-around-her-and-felt-not-just-that-she-was/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

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## More by Daphne Kalotay

> [“No, solitude did not trouble her. She could spend long minutes gazing out the window, hours listening to the BBC on the public radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/no-solitude-did-not-trouble-her-she-could-spend-long-minutes-gazing/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“...she immediately became the person they believed her to be: a peculiar, impatient girl, attractive enough yet too old and odd for the village…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/she-immediately-became-the-person-they-believed-her-to-be-a-peculiar/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/it-was-the-comfort-of-knowing-that-she-was-not-quite-so-strange-that/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“It wasn't that she didn't believe in love; but she no longer believed in it for herself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/it-wasn-t-that-she-didn-t-believe-in-love-but-she-no-longer-believed/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“...there are only two things that really matter in life. Literature and love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/there-are-only-two-things-that-really-matter-in-life-literature-and/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“Even now she felt the need to add, "At a certain point I realized that everyone has something like this." "What do you mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/even-now-she-felt-the-need-to-add-at-a-certain-point-i-realized-that/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“I remember when I left Hungary," Zoltan said, "understanding so completely that literature could save me as much as it could get me killed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/i-remember-when-i-left-hungary-zoltan-said-understanding-so/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“That there are only two things that really matter in life. Literature and love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/that-there-are-only-two-things-that-really-matter-in-life-literature/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“...the way the diamond caused people to reasses her--their palpable appreciation that Drew was loved by someone, was someone worth loving”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/the-way-the-diamond-caused-people-to-reasses-her-their-palpable/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“How lucky Drew was to have this mother of hers, this constant, reliable, if at times irritating presence in her life--this mother, like so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/how-lucky-drew-was-to-have-this-mother-of-hers-this-constant-reliable/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was strange, somehow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/she-looked-at-the-people-around-her-and-felt-not-just-that-she-was/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“Just like with love. It's all or nothing. ... That's why love is dangerous. We stand up for love. We take risks. Well, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/just-like-with-love-it-s-all-or-nothing-that-s-why-love-is-dangerous/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“One needed, she saw now, only a few belongings, just as one needed only a few close friends, and a single passion - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/one-needed-she-saw-now-only-a-few-belongings-just-as-one-needed-only/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“Of course he knew what kinds of thoughts these were: the not-always-true ones, conveniently forgetting the other times, when he and Christine had bickered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/of-course-he-knew-what-kinds-of-thoughts-these-were-the-not-always/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

> [“Even the grandest lives come down to a few people and places. Loved ones, your daily work, your neighborhood. I don't mean that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-kalotay/even-the-grandest-lives-come-down-to-a-few-people-and-places-loved/)

[Daphne Kalotay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-kalotay/)

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