Strangeness

Famous quotes containing the word strangeness:

“But here’s a haughtier text,
The labyrinth of her days
That her own strangeness perplexed....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Behind the concept of woman’s strangeness is the idea that a woman may do anything: she is below society, not bound by its law, unpredictable; an attribute given to every member of the league of the unfortunate.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)

“They had never had one in the house before.
The strangeness of it all. Like unleashing
A lion, really. Poised
To pounce. A puma. A panther. A black
Bear.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)