Doors Quotes - Page 39

• It was one of those days when every time I went to go out the door, something grabbed me in the back of the brain and said, lie down and masturbate one more time.

  Jonathan Ames

  Lying, Brain, Down And

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• I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside our door.

  Leonard Cohen

  Men, Names, Giving

  Leonard Cohen “Atras Das Linhas Inimigas De Meu Amor”, 7Letras

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• He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Spring, Rivers, Feet

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

  Paulo Coelho

  Beauty, Eye, Order

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• Sara waited a respectful time, knowing there was nothing she could do to ease the woman's pain. Grief was a place, Sara understood, where a person went alone. It was like a room without doors, and what happened in that room, all the anger and the pain you felt, was meant to stay there, nobody's business but yours.

  Justin Cronin

  Pain, Grief, Knowing

  Justin Cronin (2010). “The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)”, p.326, Ballantine Books

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• There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer: no disease that love will not heal: no door that enough love will not open...It makes no difference how deep set the trouble: how hopeless the outlook: how muddled the tangle: how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world.

  Emmet Fox

  Love, Happiness, Happy

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• ...she opened the door very slowly and carefully, half hiding behind it, as if badly frightened of what might be waiting for her on the other side. And considering that it was me waiting, this showed rare common sense.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Common Sense, Waiting, Half

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.119, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• He does this on purpose," Stephanie's mother said as they sat in the car, seat belts on and ready to go. They watched him appear at the front door, shrug into his jacket, tuck in his shirt, go to step out, and then pause. "He looks like he's about to sneeze," Stephanie remarked.

  Derek Landy

  Mother, Car, Doe

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• I said, "I'll take the T-bone steak." A soft voice mooed, "Oh wow." And I looked up and realized The waitress was a cow. I cried, "Mistake--forget the the steak. I'll take the chicken then." I heard a cluck--'twas just my luck The busboy was a hen. I said, "Okay no, fowl today. I'll have the seafood dish." Then I saw through the kitchen door The cook--he was a fish. I screamed, "Is there anyone workin' here Who's an onion or a beet? No? Your're sure? Okay then friends, A salad's what I'll eat." They looked at me. "Oh,no," they said, "The owner is a cabbage head.

  Shel Silverstein

  Mistake, Voice, Kitchen

  Shel Silverstein, “Strange Restaurant”

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• North is a powerful man, and you're still connected to him." Flo frowned. "Probably sexual memory, those Capricorns are insatiable. Well, you know. Sea Goat. And of course, you're a Fish. You'll end up back in bed with him." Andie slammed the car door. "You know what I'd like for Christmas, Flo? Boundaries. You can gift me early if you'd like.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Memories, Powerful, Men

  Jennifer Crusie (2011). “Fast Women”, p.478, Macmillan

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• And the people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to learn to play the tuba. That's oppression, that is. If I'm not under the heel of the oppressor, I don't know who is.

  Terry Pratchett

  Night, Men, Play

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)”, p.11, Random House

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• She writhed between him and the door and he moved his mouth to her ear, whispering hoarsely, "Abbie, I'm going to take you to that bed and make love to you like you never imagined you'd be made love to again.

  LaVyrle Spencer

  Making Love, Bed, Ears

  LaVyrle Spencer (1991). “Three Complete Novels”, Wings

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• Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

  Vera Nazarian

  Inspirational, Education, Book

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• T.S Elliot was wrong. My world ended with a bang the minute we entered the Compound and the silver door closed behind us. The sound was brutal. Final.

  S.A. Bodeen

  Bangs, Sound, Finals

  S. A. Bodeen (2008). “The Compound”, p.1, Feiwel & Friends

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• Ut cum spiritu postrema sacramentum dejuremus," he chanted. "Et hostes ornamenta addent ad ianuam necem." "You just...finished the prophesy,"Rachael stammered. "-An oath to keep with a final breath/And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. How did you-" "I know those lines." Jason winced and put his hands to his temples. "I don't know how, but I KNOW that prophecy." "In Latin, no less," Drew called out. "Handsome AND smart.

  Rick Riordan

  Latin, Smart, Hands

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• Like every big organisation these days, the BBC is obsessed with the wellbeing of those who set foot on its premises. Studios must display warning notices if there is real glass on the set, and the other day I was presented with a booklet explaining how to use a door. I am not kidding.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Real, Glasses, Feet

  Jeremy Clarkson (2004). “The world according to Clarkson”

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• This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a generation ago were commonly found on the wall in the homes of devout persons need to be etched on our hearts: Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wall, Home, Heart

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.128, Beacon Press

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• Everyone knows that quote because of the Doors." Jace looked at her blankly. "The Doors. They were a band." "If you say so," he said. "I suppose you don't have much time for enjoying music," Clary said, thinking of Simon, for whom music was his entire life, "in your line of work." He shrugged. "Maybe the occasional wailing chorus of the damned.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Band, Lines

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't open that door," she said. "The hallway is full of difficult dreams." And I asked her: "How do you know?" And she told me: "Because I was there a moment ago and I had to come back when I discovered I was sleeping on my heart.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Dream, Heart, Sleep

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• The self is only a threshold, a door, a becoming between two multiplicities

  Gilles Deleuze

  Self, Two, Becoming

  Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari (2004). “EPZ Thousand Plateaus”, p.275, A&C Black

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• The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego-consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far our ego-consciousness extends.

  Carl Jung

  Dream, Night, Long

  "The Meaning of Psychology for Modern Man" (1933)

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• I was feeling safe. Not the kind of safe where you know there are still bad things howling outside the door waiting to get in. No, it was the kind of safe where you sink down in your bed at the end of the day and know you can go to sleep and everything is going to be the same tomorrow.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Sleep, Waiting, Feelings

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• She imagines him imagining her. This is her salvation. In spirit she walks the city, traces its labyrinths, its dingy mazes: each assignation, each rendezvous, each door and stair and bed. What he said, what she said, what they did, what they did then. Even the times they argued, fought, parted, agonized, rejoined. How they’d loved to cut themselves on each other, taste their own blood. We were ruinous together, she thinks. But how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin?

  Margaret Atwood

  Cutting, Thinking, Blood

  Margaret Atwood (2007). “The Blind Assassin: A Novel”, p.408, Anchor

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• Watching him was like opening the door to a siniging telegram; you know it's supposed to be entertaining, but you can't get beyond the sad fact that this person actually thinks he bringing some joy into your life. Somewhere he had a mother who sifted through a shoe box of mimeographed playbills, pouring herself another drink and wondering when her son would come to his senses and swallow some drain cleaner.

  David Sedaris

  Mother, Son, Thinking

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• I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. ... I would hold a door for anyone. ... It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, "I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.

  Tim Gunn

  Men, Complaining, Hitting

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, Simon and Schuster

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