Stranger Quotes

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She wanted to ask him why they were all strangers who shared the same last name. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I elbowed my way into the grubby cafÃ©, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with cork crumbs floating… — David Mitchell
Dear parents, Jasmine was in a relationship with a dirty homeless boy named Aladdin. Snow White lived alone with 7 men. Pinnochio was a liar.… — Walt Disney
You know, I really think that when God puts together families, he sticks his finger into the white pages and selects a group of people… — Douglas Coupland
However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and mentor;… — Derrick Bell
Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other. — Rabindranath Tagore
She tilted her head, considering the sensation. "It is strange." He gave a hiss of laughter at the words. "It only gets stranger, darling. But… — Sarah MacLean
He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his friend; no longer young, but as happy-hearted as… — Louisa May Alcott
I am a stranger, learning to love the strangers around me — June Jordan
A family is a collection of strangers trapped in a web of DNA and forced to cope. — Neal Shusterman
If there is a knower of tongues here, fetch him; There's a stranger in the city And he has many things to say. — Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of lifeâ€™s procession that marches in majesty and proud… — Khalil Gibran
The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered â€œShhh, Iâ€™m here,… — Markus Zusak
The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man;… — Thomas Mann
It is so strange, to encounter an ex. It's as if you're in a foreign film, and what you're saying face-to-face has nothing to do… — Jodi Picoult
I have to spring a cat out of Rumelt Animal Shelter. Think of it as a prison break." It does the trick. He laughs. "Whose… — Holly Black
Either a mother and daughter know each other very well or they are strangers. — Shin Kyung-sook
When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think itâ€™s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony; when we go… — Veronica Roth
The Old Language really was beautiful, Blay thought. Staring at the symbols, for one brief, ridiculous moment he imagined his own name across Qhuinn's shoulders,… — J R Ward
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

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