Quote by Twan Eng Tan

“People are like lights. Some are colored lights and draw attention to themselves. Others are clear lights. They shine on people in around them.”

— Steve Goodier

“I was starting to realize how much the presence of a child could make adults act more like adults.”

— Karen White

“they seemed to be greater strangers than before”

— Émile Zola

“I suspect that much of life is like that. We seldom see what is closest to our eyes.”

— Jack Whyte

“We had been younger. Yup, you can grow a lot in the blink of an eye.”

— Liz Thebart

“Everything seemed a little brighter when she was around.”

— Alexandra Monir

“We don't see the things that are closest to us. It's the nature of people.”

— Cassandra Clare

“Did you ever notice how the words Attention and Alienation look the same when you are staring at them from a distance?”

— Alisia Compton

“We watched each other’s eyes. We were as strangers, in that moment — as intimate as strangers — for strangers know more of us,…

— M.T. Anderson

“Must we be strangers, you and I, because there was a time in which we were almost more than friends?”

— Anthony Trollope

“Things were different when I was growing up.”

— Anne Frank

“The people of the town, though, remained strangers: I could not realize that I must be seeing some of them over and over again,…

— Lydia Davis