--- title: "9 Strangers Strange Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Strangers Strange quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Strangers Strange sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/elizabeth-kostova-6991_strange_strangers-are-strange-to-each-other-1806_1806346.png" --- > [Strangers are strange to each other](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/strangers-are-strange-to-each-other/) [Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/elizabeth-kostova-6991_strange_strangers-are-strange-to-each-other-1806_1806346.png) > [“We are all strangers in a strange land.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/madeleine-l-engle-345_land_we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land-2_2137336.png) > [surrounded by strangers who love me (un)strangers made strange by pain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kami-garcia/surrounded-by-strangers-who-love-me-un-strangers-made-strange-by-pain/) [Kami Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kami-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/kami-garcia-543_love_surrounded-by-strangers-who-love-me-un-s_2706230.png) > [We are born strangers in a strange land, and remain so. Travel simply reminds us of this essential truth. The transmission of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/we-are-born-strangers-in-a-strange-land-and-remain-so-travel-simply/) [Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/richard-halliburton-52720_activity_we-are-born-strangers-in-a-strange-land_1555411.jpg) > [Cities force us to interact with strangers and with the strange. They pry the mind open. And that is why they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-lehrer/cities-force-us-to-interact-with-strangers-and-with-the-strange-they/) [Jonah Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-lehrer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/jonah-lehrer-9286_cities_cities-force-us-to-interact-with-strange_279009.jpg) > [“Life, we imagine, is familiar enough until we begin to tell it to another. Then, observe the wonder on their faces--sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/life-we-imagine-is-familiar-enough-until-we-begin-to-tell-it-to/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/jeanette-winterson-166_life_life-we-imagine-is-familiar-enough-until_1443689.png) > [We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land-longing-for-home-but-not-quite/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/madeleine-l-engle-345_dream_we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land-l_939691.jpg) > [“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/daphne-kalotay-32717_isolation_she-looked-at-the-people-around-her-and_1944290.jpg) > [People knew less of each other, perhaps, but they felt more free of each other, and so were more individual. The entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/people-knew-less-of-each-other-perhaps-but-they-felt-more-free-of/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/john-fowles-816_ancestor_people-knew-less-of-each-other-perhaps-b_292279.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strangers-strange/#itemlist", "name": "Strangers Strange Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Strangers are strange to each other", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Kostova" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/strangers-are-strange-to-each-other/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/elizabeth-kostova-6991_strange_strangers-are-strange-to-each-other-1806_1806346.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/elizabeth-kostova-6991_strange_strangers-are-strange-to-each-other-1806_1806346.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/elizabeth-kostova-6991_strange_strangers-are-strange-to-each-other-1806_1806346.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Strangers are strange to each other” — Elizabeth Kostova", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are all strangers in a strange land.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeleine L'Engle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/madeleine-l-engle-345_land_we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land-2_2137336.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/madeleine-l-engle-345_land_we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land-2_2137336.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/madeleine-l-engle-345_land_we-are-all-strangers-in-a-strange-land-2_2137336.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are all strangers in a strange land.” — Madeleine L'Engle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "surrounded by strangers who love me (un)strangers made strange by pain", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kami Garcia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kami-garcia/surrounded-by-strangers-who-love-me-un-strangers-made-strange-by-pain/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/kami-garcia-543_love_surrounded-by-strangers-who-love-me-un-s_2706230.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/kami-garcia-543_love_surrounded-by-strangers-who-love-me-un-s_2706230.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/kami-garcia-543_love_surrounded-by-strangers-who-love-me-un-s_2706230.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“surrounded by strangers who love me (un)strangers made strange by pain” — Kami Garcia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are born strangers in a strange land, and remain so. 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