#rangers

Nothing is stranger or more ticklish than a relationship between people who know each other only by sight, who meet and observe each other daily - no hourly - and are nevertheless compelled to keep up the pose of an indifferent stranger, neither greeting nor addressing each other, whether out of etiquette or their own whim. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#strangers #death

Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #stars #strangers #victor-hugo #love

Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare. ↗

— Mike McIntyre

#helping-others #kindness #strangers #charity

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#coworkers #even #fact #family #friends

I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#feel #good #i #making #myself

I have always done films with friends rather than strangers. ↗

— Sanjay Dutt

#done #films #friends #i #rather

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#health #i #i do #millions #strangers

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else? ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#anyone #cent #comes #complete #else

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#close #economics #kin #religion #root

It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#approach #considered #culture #i #may