Only strangers eat tamarinds - but they only eat them once
Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.
Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.
Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.