Stranger Quotes

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Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers. When the centre of selfishness is no longer, all desires for pleasure… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
People are strange when you're a stranger. — Jim Morrison
He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths - so that he could 'come over' some afternoon… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
And in this curious state I had the realization, at the moment of seeing that stranger there, that I was a person like everybody else.… — Kim Stanley Robinson
...to make art is to realize another's sadness within, realize the hidden sadness in other people's lives, to feel sad with and for a stranger. — Marianne Wiggins
You need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say it… — Craig Silvey
Something inside me shuts down and I'm too numb to feel anything. It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. But I do notice… — Suzanne Collins
[H]ope takes you by the throat like a stranger, it makes your heart leap... — Hilary Mantel
It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain. — Steven Erikson
One of the peculiar ironies of being a human self in the Cosmos: A stranger approaching you in the street will in a second's glance… — Walker Percy
The touch was exactly what the touch of a lover's hand should be: familiar, yet exciting as a whispered promise. I felt an almost irresistible… — Gregory David Roberts
While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and… — Nicholas Sparks
I came to Him because I did not know which way to turn. I remained with Him because there is no other way I wish… — Ravi Zacharias
No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin. — Cassandra Clare
There are videos where I would go approaching strangers and sing the songs from 'The Lion King. I would have been about four years, and… — Taylor Swift
Meeting a stranger can be totally fleeting and meaningless, for example, unless you enter the individualâ€™s world by finding out at least one thing that… — Deepak Chopra
Judging the mistakes of strangers is an easy thing to do - and it feels pretty good. — Haruki Murakami
Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth… — Dean Koontz
But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger. — Arthur C. Clarke
Everyone on earth would never starve and forever find love and happiness, since we won, but if weâ€™d lost, they would have gouged out our… — Daniel Handler

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