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Quotes About Door

the men went downstairs to see if the outside door was still locked, but all was well! Of course, we gave the entire office staff a blow-by-blow account of the incident, which had been far from pleasant. It's much easier to laugh at these kinds of things after they've happened, and Bep was the only one who took us seriously.
~ Anne Frank
These lines of D.H. Lawrence are taped to the wall of my office: What is the knocking? What is the knocking at the door in the night? It is somebody wants to do us harm. No, no, it is the three strange angels. Admit them, admit them. I under[stand] that failure is surely one of these strange angels.
~ Anne Lamott
Did all the answers lie beyond the open door? Is the future beyond the open door? For after all, why could this not become, in spite of everything, a mere chapter of her life, marked off and seldom reread, once she had returned to the outside world where she had been kept all these years, quite beyond the spells and enchantments that were now claiming her? Oh, but it wasn't going to be. Because when you fell prey to a spell this strong, you were never the same.
~ Anne Rice
The door to the secrets of Eastern Europe was shut against us.
~ Anne Rice
There is nothing like the long passage through the damp dark night, and then the sudden opening of the door of the tavern into an entire little universe of light and warmth and singing and laughing humans.
~ Anne Rice
In the foyer an array of mailboxes lined one wall, and sliding heaps of flyers and takeout menus covered the rickety bench beneath them. Kate walked past several offices, but only the Christians for Buddha door stood open.
~ Anne Tyler
Well, this was the door out of my stupid perfect world, a door for calamities and configurations, and for when things were on fire...
~ Scott Westerfeld
As Ash left the house, the back door slammed shut, catching the tail end of his long black coat. Ash jerked to a stop and cursed. Nick howled with laughter at the sight of Acheron trapped.) Don't it take the bad-ass right out of you? (Nick) (Ash arched a brow. The door opened by itself, freeing his coat, then it slammed shut again. Nick sobered instantly.) And that puts it right back in you. (Nick)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Seal the door behind us. (Acheron) Um, not to be argumentative or anything, but didn't we have to fight to get that opened? (Kish) Well, if you want to leave it open and let all the demons in – (Female Dolophonos) Close it, please. (Kish) I somehow thought you'd agree. (Female Dolophonos)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You have a lot of faith in luck, don't you? (Shahara) Not at all. She's a vicious bitch who seldom knocks on my door. (Syn)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Stand back, akri-wolf! The Simi's gonna huff and puff and melt that door down. And you might not want to be too close when I do it, 'cause melted wolf is tough on the enamel and akra-Aimee might not like it if you turn into a puddle of bloody goo. Besides, burning wolf is kind of smelly to the Simi's delicate nostrils. (Simi)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
And she was just leaving. (Xedrix) Not yet, I'm not. (Aimee) Yes, you are. Adios. There's the door. Doorknob twists to the left. The hinges open in. You should use them. Keep them working. Keep you breathing. (Xedrix)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Who are you talking to?" – Morty "Still in the kitchen, aren't I? Guess I need to keep walking. Oh, look! Yonder is the door, which I'm going to make use of right now." – Nick
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Syn opened a door to their right. Sumi? Get in here and let Hauk know that you're okay. I can't do anything with this unreasonable, surly bastard. He's not unreasonable. He's just fierce.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door.
~ Dennis A. Ross
With confidence, he open the door of life presented to him.
~ Paulo Coelho
The person who believes he must earn the right to go through the door of eternal life will miss the mark.
~ Max Anders
at dawn, the grains of sleep turn to floating black spots, then out of focus the world tilts, and the cat scratches at the door...
~ John Geddes
Then she turned for the great mouth of a door, and by the time it inhaled her, she was a much older woman.
~ John Hart
When the massive door swung open, though, and the puff of escaping air sailed them grandly into the crooked sunlight between the world's vast webworked cables, Rien forgot everything but the cold black fire-pricked vault of the universe stretching out forever, and the wheeling world that framed it on each side.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Salisbury pushed the heavy door a little more open and came forward, the sleeves of his black robe rippling in the cold breeze from the window.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Keith let his tail rise cockily, picture of a returning Prince, and trotted down the slope through cold reflected moonlight to his father's door.
~ Elizabeth Bear
The violet seemed inclined to linger, but Sebastien's host-or hostess-gestured him to shut the door with one commandingly whirled finger.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Muire had never expected the Technomancer, as people were beginning to call her, to come to her door.
~ Elizabeth Bear