Quotes About Strangers Novels & Stories

Naisipan niyang yumuko sa mesa niya dahil nakakaramdam siya ng hindi maganda. She is feeling uneasy. She can't blame anyone but only herself. She needed to find that stranger but she made a promise not to sue him. What if the stranger never recognizes her anymore? And worst, she will be involved in a scandalous situation, her parents will know it as soon as possible.

I couldn't hold back my irritation any longer. He shook his head, his jaw clenched. "You don't understand." "Then help me understand!" I shot back, my frustration getting the best of me. "We're not just pawns in some arrangement. We're real people, and I refuse to pretend like we're strangers." He stood up abruptly, his expression pained. "Maybe it's better if we are strangers, Elle. It would make things a lot easier."

habang iniisip ko na ayaw ko kabaligtaran naman ng katawan ko dahil parang ayaw niyang tumigil. Tama ba ‘tong nagawa ko ngayon? did i really gave my perlas ng silangan to a stranger like him? nakakahiya, feeling ko nakakahiya yung ginawa ko.. can't believe na may nakakita na ng buo kong katawan sa hindi ko pa kakilala.

pag-amin niya. Napaawang ang bibig ni Luna. "So, you mean inalok ka ng kasal ng stranger at pumayag ka? W-wait! Iniisip ko pa ang lahat. Remember, kaka-divorce mo lang and now you're going to marry a stanger? Oh my god, Naomi! I can't!" Nasapo pa nito ang noo. "Wala akong choice. Desperada na ako at kaysa ibenta ko ang katawan at sarili ko, pumayag na lang akong magpakasal sa lalaking iyon."

Because no matter how many women tried getting close to me after that night—none of them were her. None of them looked at me the way she did inside that elevator. Broken, Beautiful, Dangerously vulnerable, At higit sa lahat none of them stayed in my head the way Mich did. Hindi ko na siya nakita ulit matapos ang gabing iyon. At siguro dapat doon lang natapos ang lahat. One night, One mistake, and One stranger after midnight. Pero hindi gano’n kasimple. Because somehow she became the only woman I couldn’t forget.

Sa unang pagkakataon ngayong gabi… May taong nakaintindi sa nararamdaman niya kahit walang maraming salita. Hindi nila tinanong ang pangalan ng isa’t isa. Hindi nila ikinuwento ang buhay nila. Dalawang estranghero lang silang parehong sugatan. Habang lumalalim ang gabi, mas dumadami ang kanilang usapan. Minsan tumatawa. Minsan tahimik lang.

Habang pinagmamasdan ang mga alon na marahang sumasayaw sa ilalim ng liwanag ng buwan. --- Tahimik. Pero hindi awkward. --- Parang pareho naming sinusubukang pahabain ang gabi. Dahil alam naming pareho ang katotohanan. Malapit nang matapos ang lahat. Malapit nang umalis si Mr. Stranger. At hindi namin alam kung ano ang mangyayari pagkatapos. "Do you ever wish you could stop time?" Mahina kong tanong.

Walang bakas ng kaba ang sinabi kong ‘yon, pero ramdam na ramdam ko ang pag-alog ng buong katawan ko dahil sa matinding kaba. Tumango-tango naman si Justin, ngumiti at sabi nito, “okay, stay here, but ‘wag kang aalis rito, and don’t talk to strangers, hah?” seryoso nitong sabi sabay haplos sa pisngi ko na agad ko namang hinawakan. Nakakahiya kasi kapag nakita kami ng ibang tao. “Sisilipin kita, from time to time,” dagdag pa nito.

ramdam ko ang inis ni Tita habang sinasabi niya iyon at ngayon ko lang siyang nakitang ganito. “Pero Tita, mas mapapahamak tayo kung may mangingialam pa. Hindi natin alam ‘yong kaya niyang gawin, mabuting tayo na lang.” Nandito kami naka-park sa medyo tago kaya hindi kami napapansin ng mga tao. “I saw that too, that stranger in the elevator,” mariin nitong tugon habang dinuduro ako.

“Then promise me something.” “Anything,” sagot niya, pinagsalikop ang mga daliri namin. “Don't let us become strangers.” Tinitigan niya ako, seryoso. “We won't.” “Even if we're busy?” “Especially then.” “Even if we fight?” “Especially then.” “Even if I become annoying?” He smiled. “That's unavoidable.” Napatawa ako, at parang nawala ang bigat sa balikat ko.