"You have to know who to keep near you and those you should be far away from."
- Israelmore Ayivor
"Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not know it or them anymore."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them."
"In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to fuck."
"Don’t get shitty when I treat you as you are, a casual acquaintance"
- Genereux Philip
"I look upon every day to be lost in which I do not make a new acquaintance."
- Samuel Johnson
"I never miss Meeting now," I said. "Do not look surprised. I have sent many a prayer heavenward on your behalf. And your father is not home yet. Your uncle sails under more danger of his own making. T..."
- Nancy E. Turner
"In America everyone called the merest acquaintance a ‘friend’ – Guy had taken up the habit. It made him feel better about not having any real friends."
- Edmund White
"A wise man knows everything a shrewd one everybody."
- Anonymous
"Sudden acquaintance brings repentance."
- Thomas Fuller