Familiarity Quotes

210 quotes by 185 authors

I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it took a new… — Jodi Picoult
I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and… — Laurence Sterne
(What makes his world so hard to see clearly is not its strangeness but its usualness).Familiarity can blind you too. — Robert M. Pirsig
I'm really interested in the idea of anomynity and familiarity. And sunglasses, you know, are so indicatitve of that. I mean, they're worn by some… — Sarah Dessen
It was strange, I reflected.. that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from home and familiarity,… — Elizabeth Kostova
When he kissed me, his lips soft and careful, it was all the thrill of our first kiss and all the practiced familiarity of the… — Maggie Stiefvater
The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard categoryâ€”except for the… — Noam Chomsky
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road that leads to… — Beryl Markham
Whatâ€™s so phony nowadays is all this familiarity. Pretending there isnâ€™t any difference between people â€”well, like you were saying about minorities, this morning. If… — Christopher Isherwood
In the neuter austerity of that terrain all phenomena were bequeathed a strange equality and no one thing nor spider nor stone nor blade of… — Cormac McCarthy
You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct. — Becca Fitzpatrick
but they had also settled into the maddening familiarity of friendship; maddening for her at least. — David Nicholls
Odd how it was so easy for a stranger to assume such familiarity. Especially when those who were supposed to know you best often didn't,… — Sarah Dessen
The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are. — Erin Morgenstern
The difference between a path and a road is not only the obvious one. A path is little more than a habit that comes with… — Wendell Berry
Since we're keeping it primal, you smell good," he observed. "It's called a shower...," I began automatically, then trailed off. My memory snagged, taken aback… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Comfort and familiarity were wonderful but they also dulled passion and excitement. Predictability and habit made surprises almost impossible. — Nicholas Sparks
Besides, I'd seen a really nice pair of shoes yesterday in the mall and I wanted them for my own. I can't describe the feeling… — Marian Keyes
The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the… — Saint Augustine
Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort. — Nicholas Sparks

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