Stranger Quotes

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How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because… — Hortense Odlum
When parents say, â€˜I wish my child did not have autism,â€™ what theyâ€™re really saying is, â€˜I wish the autistic child I have did not… — Jim Sinclair
Long before feminism made fashion a guilty pleasure, my first experience of the sisterhood among strangers took place in a communal dressing room. — Judith Thurman
I maintain that there is no common language or medium of understanding between people of education and without it - between those who judge of… — William Hazlitt
The small things you do everyday- smiling at a stranger or paying someone a compliment -bring you closer to your spiritual truth , the purity… — Deepak Chopra
He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it. — Charles Spurgeon
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers. I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous. — Neko Case
Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities-His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed when embarrassed to articulate… — Humphry Davy
Indeed, there is nothing more arbitrary than intervening as a stranger in a destiny which is not ours... — Simone de Beauvoir
Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks… — Khalil Gibran
But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city… — Hesiod
A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation. — Arthur Symons
Dogs don't lie and why should I? Strangers come they growl and bark, they know their loved ones in the dark, Now let me, by… — Garrison Keillor
It is noble in its administration: to think and let think, beyond the narrow contracted prejudices of bitter sectarians in these modern times. It is… — Harry S. Truman
Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of… — Charles Alexander Eastman
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage. — Baron de Montesquieu
Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house? The shades of the prison-house closed round about us all: walls… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Today, befriend a stranger, or if you feel up to more of a challenge, befriend a loved one. — Robert Breault
I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of… — Eric Bana
When I appeared before the draft board examiner during World War II, he asked me if I thought I could kill. "I don't know about… — Oscar Levant

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