“...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why I had taken refuge in it until it became confused with my own life, like someone who has escaped into the pages of a novel because those whom he needs to love seem nothing more than ghosts inhabiting the mind of a stranger.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
“I made a t-shirt that says, "Today's my birthday" on it, so that I can ask for hugs from strangers and point to the text on my tee as the reason why they should oblige. It's not a once-a-year t-shirt, as I wear it every Tuesday.”
― This Book is Not for Sale
― This Book is Not for Sale
“Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.”
― The Kindness of Strangers
― The Kindness of Strangers
“. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?"
“Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
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