#ranger

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#live #longer #men #strangers

Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#autograph #grinning #just #know #something

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#couple #family #gay #know #law

Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become. ↗

— Leo Szilard

#become #being #does #friends #go

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. ↗

— Tecumseh

#even #friend #give #lonely #meeting

I grew up in a rural area, I was from kind of a poor family and my parents weren't showbiz people. But going back was strange, and perhaps stranger for the other students. ↗

— Henry Thomas

#back #family #going #grew #i

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers. ↗

— Mary Tyler Moore

#know #realize #really #someone #sometimes

It seems the older we get, the tighter our inner circle becomes. When life has you down, some of those you thought had your back run, others...sometimes strangers surprise you and fill that empty space up. Oh, but life has a great balancing act and when that axle turns and you are right side up again...you will definitely not be looking for any long, lost "friends" because your inner circle is battle-tested to win! ↗

— Sanjo Jendayi

#deserie-johnson #down #friends #inner-circle #life

When she awakened, Hunter was watching her with eyes like dark velvet. "You're the last woman I'll ever make love to," he said, stroking her breast, toying with the rosy peak. She stroked his sun-streaked hair and the hard nape of his neck, loving the feel of him against her. "Good," she whispered. "Keep me with you, Lara. I don't want to leave you. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#lara #lisa-kleypas #stranger-in-my-arms #love

I knew it! I knew it! ” “Are we allowed to speak yet?” said Ron grumpily. Hermione ignored him. “Nicolas Flamel,” she whispered dramatically, “is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone!” This didn’t have quite the effect she’d expected. “The what?” said Harry and Ron. “Oh, honestly, don’t you two read? Look — read that, there. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#hermione-granger #humor #philosopher-s-stone #ron-weasley #humor