“Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something.”
Judith Butler (1956) American philosopher and gender theorist
“We're all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we're seldom formally introduced.”
— Robert Charles Wilson, book Spin
Variant: Don’t be upset. The world is full of surprises. We’re all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we’re seldom formally introduced.
Source: Spin (2005), p. 438
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