This man I had woken up with earlier in the day now seemed like a stranger to me.

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Mr. Bones was a stranger to me, and for the first time, lying in bed at night, I began to think, Who are you?

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It hasn't been an easy decision and sleep was a stranger to me for much of last week and this, I'm told, I will probably have to get used to.

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And tomorrow I've hired another stranger to lead me around Beverly Hills, showing me how the local luminaries live and photographing me as if I were one of them -- a personal paparazzo.

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The fact that so many people, to whom I am a total stranger, took the time to elect me as their contestant of choice is something I am still trying to comprehend.

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Lance did not need to help me, a stranger.

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This is all accessible to me, a complete stranger.

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We all sat down to eat: the spirits, the sisters, the monk and me, the stranger who was maybe not a stranger.

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Like me on that long ago plane ride, they will never know why a stranger took the time to extend a hand.

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