#stranger

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#gardens #grows #our #own #picked

That God is in truth the sort of bloodthirsty paranoid Who would rend to bits forty-two children for the crime of sassing one of his priests. Don't ask me about the Front Office's policies; I just work here. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#god #priests #religion #stranger-in-a-strange-land #religion

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

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

— Stella Benson

#foe #love #man #never #stranger

Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#brain #dead #fell #his #lightning

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#brother #brother and sister #colleagues #friends #go

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image. ↗

— Karel Capek

#image #man #nothing #own #stranger