Strange Quotes - Page 22
How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded.
M. Scott Peck (2010). “The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace”, p.69, Simon and Schuster
Song: The Stranger Song, 1967
Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.
Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria
Katherine Rundell (2013). “Rooftoppers”, p.117, Faber & Faber
Now they were as strangers; nay worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.
Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.509, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication.
James Ingram Merrill (2004). “Collected Prose”, Knopf
Isaac Rosenberg (1979). “The collected works of Isaac Rosenberg: poetry, prose, letters, paintings, and drawings”
This world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents.
Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.232
I am writing for myself and strangers. This is the only way that I can do it.
Gertrude Stein, Joan Retallack (2008). “Gertrude Stein: Selections”, p.99, Univ of California Press