“For anyone addicted to reading commonplace books . . . finding a good new one is much like enduring a familiar recurrence of malaria, with fever, fits of shaking, strange dreams . . . .” BookDreamReadingStrangeFitFindingsEndureFamiliarShakingCommonplaceFeverMalariaRecurrenceStrange Dreams Author:M. F. K. Fisher
“It's easy to have a relationship and show each other only the beautiful shiny things. Sharing good parts about you is elementary, so finding a partner in life can't be only about showcasing these agreeable characteristics, but also the less impressive ones. In a strange way, true intimacy lies in that dark side-in making peace with the fact that it lives inside you somewhere-so that you can share it with the person and they can be there to help you overcome it.” WayPersonsFactsHelpingShowsBeautifulLyingEasySidesDarkShareStrangeFindingsOvercomingPartnersIntimacyCharacteristicsImpressiveDark SideMaking PeaceShiny ThingsTrue Intimacy Author:Claudio Sanchez
“The world is shrinking together; it is finding itself neighbor to itself in strange, almost magic degree.” WorldTogetherMagicStrangeDegreesFindingsNeighborShrinking Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“As a colored woman I might enter Washington any night, stranger in a strange land, and walk miles without finding a place to lay my head” MightNightWalksLandStrangeFindingsLaysStrangerMilesStranger In A Strange Land Author:Mary Church Terrell
“Somehow the fact of enormous privilege and freedom carries with it a sense of impotence, which is a strange, but striking, phenomenon. The fact is, we can do just about anything. There is no difficulty, wherever you are, in finding groups that are working hard on things that concern you.” HardFactsCan DoGroupsStrangeFindingsConcernDifficultyPrivilegeEnormousCarriePhenomenonImpotenceWherever You Are Author:Noam Chomsky
“Sometimes my life has been Odyssean - landing on strange islands of consciousness and reality and meeting very curious monsters who turn out to be very great teachers. Sometimes my life has been a quest for a grail of knowledge and education. Like Parsifal, my life has been a quest to pierce the veil, stumbling along but eventually finding it.” Has BeensSometimesRealityTurnsConsciousnessTeacherStrangeFindingsMeetingsMonstersCuriousIslandsQuestsVeilsLandingGreat TeacherPierceStumblingEducation And Knowledge Author:Jean Houston
“It's surprisingly nice out here, peaceful and pretty-strange to be standing in the middle of a little garden while enclosed by the massive stone walls of the prison, like being at the exact center of a hurricane, and finding peace and silence in the middle of so much shrieking damage.” LittlesSilenceNiceMiddleStrangeWallFindingsGardenStandingStonesPrisonPeacefulDamageMassiveHurricanesFinding PeaceStone Walls Book:Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem Source: Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem