#stranger

In this world of memories, there's no need for strangers. -Kenshin to Kaoru ↗

— Watsuki Nobuhiro

#memories #strangers #manga

But what Dakota most enjoyed about the beginning of winter was the crispness of the air (that practically demanded the wearing of knits) and the way that tough New Yorkers - on the street, in elevators, in subways - were suddenly willing to risk a smile. To make a connection with a stranger. To finally see one another after strenuously avoiding eye contact all year. ↗

— Kate Jacobs

#new-york-city #strangers #new-york-city

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#courteous #gracious #man #shows #strangers

I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me. ↗

— Eric Bana

#amusing #appealed #finding #front #getting

Call no man foe, but never love a stranger. ↗

— Stella Benson

#foe #love #man #never #stranger

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

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

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#greater #his #house #loneliness #own

Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well. ↗

— Brad Holland

#fiction #intellectuals #led #many #non-fiction

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers. ↗

— Alan King

#fighting #keeping #nature #strangers #us