“The kindness of strangers” is a quote from Blanche Dubois's final speech as she is led away to the asylum after her brutal rape, by her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalsky, has unhinged her mind in Tennessee Wiliams's A Streetcar Named Desire. I think the line is something like “I have always relied on the kindness of strangers.”

When I saw the thread title, I immediately thought it was a reference to Streetcar. Imagine my surprise to find a collection of genuinely warm stories. Thanks.

      - Mark