Stranger Quotes

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perhaps it took a stranger to make a woman like her speak her mind. — Elif Safak
Today, the sun is everywhere, and everything solid is nothing but its own shadow, I know that the real things in life, the things I… — Jeanette Winterson
Once upon a time, each of us was somebody's kid. Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed. Everyone… — Brian K. Vaughan
surrounded by strangers who love me (un)strangers made strange by pain — Kami Garcia
Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and… — Paul Theroux
There are stories within stories, whispered in the quiet of the night, shouted above the roar of the day, and played out between lovers and… — Neil Gaiman
I have a scholar's love of silence and solitude. To sit and pass hour after hour in idle chatter with a roomful of strangers is… — Susanna Clarke
She had said she didnâ€™t feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone. Because of one thing she was… — Laini Taylor
And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on… — AndrÃ© Aciman
It was as though, in one moment, he had become a stranger. And I a stranger to myself. — Kenneth Oppel
Why don't we talk about your love life? Clary countered. "What about you and Alec?" "Alec refuses to acknowledge that we have a relationship, and… — Cassandra Clare
Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about? — Harper Lee
we walk the plank with strangers. — Sylvia Plath
Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact that they have… — Pat Conroy
Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of. — Shirley Jackson
[Cities] are not like suburbs, only denser. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by… — Jane Jacobs
It was the difference between walking with a stranger and walking with your heartmate. It was the difference between working for duty and working for… — Edith Pattou
He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He is more worth to you, perhaps. But the stranger is someone else's friend and brother. So which life is more important? — Madeline Miller
If I may ride with you, Citizen Evremonde, will you let me hold your hand? I am not afraid, but I am little and weak,… — Charles Dickens

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