“I´m a stranger in a strange land.”
Carson McCullers book The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Source: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“I left my home, and I was left
A stranger in his land, bereft
Of even hope; there was not one
Familiar face to look upon.—
Their speech was strange.”
The Improvisatrice (1824)
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A stranger in his land, bereft
Of even hope; there was not one
Familiar face to look …" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon785
English poet and novelist 1802–1838Related quotes
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Original: (it) Di queste case
non è rimasto
che qualche
brandello di muro
Di tanti
che mi corrispondevano
non è rimasto
neppure tanto
Ma nel cuore
nessuna croce manca
È il mio cuore
il paese più straziato.
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(zh-TW) 少小離家老大回，鄉音無改鬢毛衰。
兒童相見不相識，笑問客從何處來。
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"A Speech at the Lost-and-Found"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Could Have (1972)
“People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone”
Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors
"People Are Strange" on the album Strange Days (1967)
Context: 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.