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title: "1 Came Door Quotes By Laura Whitcomb"
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> [i felt my being flutter. each tousled head that came through the door i wanted to be his, but no and on, a dozen boys entered, yet not the one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/i-felt-my-being-flutter-each-tousled-head-that-came-through-the-door/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

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## More by Laura Whitcomb

> [“A Letter from a Muse to Her Poet: Dear sir, I was called away and couldn’t bring you, but now I feel haunted. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/a-letter-from-a-muse-to-her-poet-dear-sir-i-was-called-away-and/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [To desperately hope," I whispered James let out a breath. "To gratefully believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/to-desperately-hope-i-whispered-james-let-out-a-breath-to-gratefully/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“The fear of being noticed after a hundred years disappears as I look into a pair of autumn-colored eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/the-fear-of-being-noticed-after-a-hundred-years-disappears-as-i-look/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“Be a sparrow, I told myself. Be silent and fly away. No one will bother you if you disappear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/be-a-sparrow-i-told-myself-be-silent-and-fly-away-no-one-will-bother/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [The library smells like old books — a thousand leather doorways into other worlds. I hear silence, like the mind of God. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/the-library-smells-like-old-books-a-thousand-leather-doorways-into/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [That I am your heart's secret fills me with song. I wish I could sing of you here in my cage. You are my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/that-i-am-your-heart-s-secret-fills-me-with-song-i-wish-i-could-sing/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“I would court you with a passion, if things were different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/i-would-court-you-with-a-passion-if-things-were-different/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“I would court you with a passion, if things were different. You’d never get me off your porch swing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/i-would-court-you-with-a-passion-if-things-were-different-you-d-never/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“in the wings, as often mothers and grandmothers are, ready to catch the children should they need saving,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/in-the-wings-as-often-mothers-and-grandmothers-are-ready-to-catch-the/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [Boys and girls hid in the library stacks or behind the gym and flew at each other with no promise of love or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/boys-and-girls-hid-in-the-library-stacks-or-behind-the-gym-and-flew/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“Dear sir: twelve hours is as twelve years to me. I imagine you in your home, smiling, thinking of me. That I am your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/dear-sir-twelve-hours-is-as-twelve-years-to-me-i-imagine-you-in-your/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds unknown," I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/books-are-boring-james-said-as-he-wrote-they-line-the-walls-like-a/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/i-knew-that-she-was-trying-to-save-her-little-girl-but-sometimes/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“The library smells like old books-a thousand leather doorways into other worlds." "Dear sir, I was called away and couldn't bring you, but now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/the-library-smells-like-old-books-a-thousand-leather-doorways-into-2/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

> [“Time is a ribbon, a delicate organdy, so thin that you can see through it to the layer of time below and the layer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-whitcomb/time-is-a-ribbon-a-delicate-organdy-so-thin-that-you-can-see-through/)

[Laura Whitcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-whitcomb/)

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