Acquaintance Quotes

299 Acquaintance quotes by 236 unique authors

It suddenly seemed to me that I was lonely, that every one was forsaking me and going away from me. Of course, any one is… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance, he may not love you but he will take a deep… — Rudyard Kipling
When we were only acquaintances, you let me be myself, but now you're always protecting me... I won't be protected. I will choose for myself… — E. M. Forster
He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. "Could you," he began, then he had to clear his throat. "Could you learn to… — Lynn Kurland
She was still under the spell of her infatuation. She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him… — Kate Chopin
A disquieting loneliness came into my life, but it induced no hunger for friends of longer acquaintance: they seemed now like a salt-free, sugarless diet. — Truman Capote
In fact, though their acquaintance had been so short, they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about each other in… — Virginia Woolf
For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling… — Vladimir Nabokov
I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the… — Walter Scott
They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never… — J. G. Ballard
When I began writing these pages I believed their subject to be children, the ones we have and the ones we wish we had, the… — Joan Didion
There is a stage you reach, Deagle thinks, a time somewhere in early middle age, when your past ceases to be about yourself. Your connection… — Dan Chaon
Memory haunts me from age to age, and passion leads me by the hand--evil have I done, and with sorrow have I made acquaintance from… — H. Rider Haggard
our acquaintancesâ€”not our friendsâ€”are our greatest source of new ideas and information. the internet lets us exploit the power of these kinds of distant connections… — Malcolm Gladwell
So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything… — Tessa Dare
After I go out this door, I may only exist in the minds of all my acquaintancesâ€¦I may be an orange peel. — J D Salinger
Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. — Susan Cain
I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.'… — Jane Austen
While friendship has been by far the chief source of my happiness, acquaintance or general society has always meant little to me, and I cannot… — C.S. Lewis
I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them. — Roger Zelazny

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