Quotes: Teju Cole

"Be the strange you wish to see in the world." 

–– Teju Cole (b. 1975), Nigerian-American novelist and photographer 

Quotes: Robert Greene

"Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That's your source of power." 

–– Robert Greene (b. 1959), American writer 

Source: Daily Philosopher, Instagram, August 17, 2023. 

via: Sketchbook 33, 2023, p. 91.

Quotes: Carson McCullers

"We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange." 

–– Carson McCullers (1917-1967), American writer 

via: Sketchbook A, 2017, p. 31