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“For some soldiers, there is a greater war going on behind the gun's shadow of family and friends, than in front of the gun pointing at strange enemies.”

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Author:Anthony Liccione

“What an odd thing a stranger is. A stranger sleeping next to you. I listen to his breathing as if it were his entire life, with its hidden processes, the pulsing of the blood in the tissues, with thousands of tiny hidden decays and combustions, which together create and maintain him.”

Sleep Stranger Strangers Stranger In My Bed

Book:For Two Thousand Years

Source: For Two Thousand Years

“What these young men feared and hated more than anything else was being spoken to by people they hadn't met, or having to explain themselves to people they didn't know.”

Men Hate Fear Hatred Explanation Strangers Explain

Book:Popular Hits of the Showa Era

Source: Popular Hits of the Showa Era

“We learn from traveling that it makes a huge difference to simply acknowledge and greet each other; to ask whenever possible or appropriate, whether someone is alright; and most importantly to foil the plans and intentions of fear and warmongers using every medium and platform to get us to distrust, hate, and be afraid of each other, or to beware of strangers." [From “Can We Travel Without Being Tourists?” published on CounterPunch on March 15, 2024]”

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Author:Louis Yako

“We were strangers under the same roof. We were perfect pretenders in the stage of the world.”

Love Hate Stage Pretending Strangers Lavender

Book:Fourteen Urban Folklore

Source: Fourteen Urban Folklore

“When strangers share bread, borders blur.”

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Author:Lawrence Nault

“You sit right next to me. Still you don't seem close to me.”

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Author:Shillpi S Banerrji

“He waves back keenly, but it feels inadequate. They've become two strangers pantomiming fondness for each other. Perhaps that's all they ever were.”

Friendship Performance Strangers

Book:Seascraper

Source: Seascraper

“Edgar backs off with his cases, heading for the front steps while the horse begins its ponderous turn out of the car park; and when he finds that Edgar is still standing there to wave him off, he knows they've passed beyond the territory of strangers, into something more like friendship.”

Friendship Goodbye Strangers

Book:Seascraper

Source: Seascraper

“As I watched the new couple settle into the apartment, I wondered if they, too, would one day take in a stranger in need, continuing the cycle of kindness that had carried us this far. (From: Those Little Things)”

Friendship Foreigners Strangers Supporting Others

Book:Incredible Stories at the Bus Stop: A Flash Fiction Collection on Human Experience

Source: Incredible Stories at the Bus Stop: A Flash Fiction Collection on Human Experience

“Don’t be in a hurry to make friends with strangers, as they may be your enemies.”

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Author:Tamerlan Kuzgov

“A good husband, thought Phoebe; she had a lot to be thankful for, although as the years went by they seemed more like well-mannered strangers than a married couple.”

Marriage Husband Strangers Well Mannered

Book:The Fetish Murders

Source: The Fetish Murders