Sophocles - Miguel Syjuco - Mark Twain - May Sarton - William Shakespeare - The Doors -
89,887. Stranger in a strange [land] country. (Stranger & Strange) Sophocles & Robert A Heinlein novel, variations & attributions; viz Exodus 2:22
6,317. It kills me how these days everyone has clinical justification for their strangeness. (Self & Strange & Eccentricity) Miguel Syjuco, Ilustrado
72,938. It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. (Fiction & Truth & Strange) Mark Twain
6,334. We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. (Self & Strange) May Sarton
89,881. Now, by two-headed Janus,
Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time;
Some that will evermore peep through their eyes
And laugh like parrots at a bagpiper,
And other of such vinegar aspect
That they’ll not show their teeth in way of smile.
Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice I i 50-56, Solanio to Antonio & Salerio
89,685. This bodes some strange eruption to our state. (State & Strange) William Shakespeare, Hamlet I i 69
89,882. These are not natural events; they strengthen
From strange to stranger. William Shakespeare, The Tempest V i 230-231, Alonso
89,883. ... with strange and several noises
Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains,
And more diversity of sounds, all horrible,
We were awaked. (Strange & Sound) ibid. V i @235, Boatswain
89,884. This is as strange a maze as e’er men trod,
And there is in this business more than nature
Was ever conduct of. ibid. V i @245, Alonso
89,885. Do not infest your mind with beating on
The strangeness of this business. ibid. V i 249-250, Prospero
89,886. People are strange when you’re a stranger
Faces look ugly when you’re alone
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted
Streets are uneven when you’re down
When you’re strange faces come out of the rain
When you’re strange no one remembers your name
When you’re strange, when you’re strange
When you’re strange. (Strange & Stranger) The Doors, People Are Strange