“They were inlove, but they hadn't been lovers; they were friends and yet also strangers for so many years”

“I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet.”

“So many lovers, yet there is no love.”

“There were people everywhere on the city street, but the stranger could not have been more alone if it were empty.”

“There are no strangers, only friends you have not met yet.”

“The stranger is simply a friend I haven't met yet.”

“And again, as always, after so many years we were still in the same place we always were.”

“On my seventieth birthday, when I reflected that so many of my friends were dead or dying, it hit me that it was high time I got more work done. Ever since that time, I have done the active, smart thing by increasing my productivity. I'm not on the rocks or shoals yet, but the last few years have been a devastation of illnesses and deaths of many good friends. [Star Trek creator] Gene Roddenberry was a loss that deeply grieved me.”

“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.”

“He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his friend; no longer young, but as happy-hearted as a boy; plain and peculiar, yet his face looked beautiful to many.”