Stranger Quotes

1490 quotes by 1112 authors

I get so lonely sometimes, I could put a box on my head and mail myself to a stranger. — Mary Karr
I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything. — Karen Hesse
Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. Having had centuries of experience with the smallpox virus,… — Richard Preston
If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and… — Andrew Sullivan
But I found that the longer you teach, the more you feel like a total stranger to yourself — Haruki Murakami
Sometimes, it`s easier to tell a stranger something very personal. It`s like there`s less risk, opening yourself up to someone who doesn`t know you. — Linwood Barclay
There is another side to me which people don't often see, but it's very hard for me to show that. When I do interviews, I'm… — Alan Shearer
I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world. — Adrian Mitchell
Our best hope for the future [...] lies in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we donâ€™t empathize with distant strangers, their lives… — Paul Bloom
Einsteinâ€™s 1905 paper came out and suddenly changed peopleâ€™s thinking about space-time. Weâ€™re again in the middle of something like that. When the dust settles,… — Carlo Rovelli
The man who is satisfied, because he thinks he is safe, who feels that he has religion enough, because he thinks he has enough to… — Gardiner Spring
The most difficult task for anyone wandering through a foreign land with the hope of gaining some insight into it is the profound need to… — Simon Winchester
I like the girls in Ecuador. They are more gentle and trusting, more innocent. They are not as suspicious of strangers as Colombian girls. — Pedro
I have always longed to be part of the outward life, to be out there at the edge of things, to let the human taint… — John Austin Baker
Call no man a foe, but never love a stranger. — Stella Benson
My wife thinks a B&B is a romantic getaway. I think it's creepy, sharing coffee with strangers who were eavesdropping on you the night before. — Tom Papa
Even now I can't stand being recognized in the street. I just hate it when strangers come up and try to talk to me. I'm… — Jimmy Nail
It's awkward: Here you are with most of your clothes off in bed with this person who you've really just met. You're strangers to each… — Sheryl Lee
I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought. — Gertrude Stein
I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters. — Anton Chekhov

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