“Oh - oh, why is it that the members of a family feel privileged to treat one another with a cruelty they would not exhibit to the merest stranger?” FeelsFamilyMembersTreatsStrangerCrueltyPrivilegedExhibits Author:Fannie Hurst
“Twenty years is, after all, a long time. We are not the same people we were. Old friends, lovers, even family members: they are strangers who happen to wear a familiar face. We have no right to claim to know anyone after such a distance.” PeopleKnowsYearsLongHappensFacesLoversMembersLong TimeClaimsTwentiesDistanceStrangerFamiliarOld FriendsFamily MembersFamiliar Faces Book:Some Kind of Fairy Tale Source: Some Kind of Fairy Tale
“According to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers. More than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends. Nearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances.” HalfMembersPercentMurderVictimCommittedStrangerNeighborGirlfriendStatisticsAcquaintanceCasualFbiFamily MembersBoyfriend And GirlfriendMurder Victims Author:Alafair Burke
“Comedy is the only profession where love from a stranger is better than love from a family member. You need to perform for strangers to see if you're really funny. If they laugh and cheer, it's the greatest thing in the world.” IfsWorldNeedsLaughingComedyMembersStrangerProfessionCheerFamily Members Book:Jay Leno's How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World (or Just in Your Source: Jay Leno's How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World (or Just in Your
“Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.” KindnessMembersTreatsStrangerAcquaintanceCourtesyFamily Members Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin
“As long as being a stranger and surrounded by strangers was seen as a temporary irritant, a smallest departure from the binding rules of conduct by a member of a minority, was taken for a major crime justifying deportation.” LongTakenCrimeMembersMajorsStrangerMinoritiesTemporarySmallestDepartureBindingDeportationIrritants Author:Zygmunt Bauman