--- title: "69 Closing The Door Quotes by 62 authors" description: "Browse 69 Closing The Door quotes by 62 authors. Discover the best Closing The Door sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/alaina-stanford-45949_action_i-m-going-to-be-a-fairy-sarah-announced_706269.jpg" --- > [“I'm going to be a fairy.” Sarah announced, studying her file. "What a surprise.” Nicole mumbled, closing the door.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaina-stanford/i-m-going-to-be-a-fairy-sarah-announced-studying-her-file-what-a/) [Alaina Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaina-stanford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/alaina-stanford-45949_action_i-m-going-to-be-a-fairy-sarah-announced_706269.jpg) > [Closing the door to toxicity is the most effective way to make space for new opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-chan/closing-the-door-to-toxicity-is-the-most-effective-way-to-make-space/) [Amy Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-chan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/amy-chan-22921_closing_closing-the-door-to-toxicity-is-the-most_807816.jpg) > [Im not coming back Im closing the door I used to be trippen over missin you But Im NOT anymore!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-not-coming-back-im-closing-the-door-i-used-to-be-trippen-over/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/anonymous-1_getting-over-him_im-not-coming-back-im-closing-the-door-i_2181614.jpg) > [Leaving this life is just like going from one room to another and closing the door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berg/leaving-this-life-is-just-like-going-from-one-room-to-another-and/) [David Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/david-berg-2807_closing_leaving-this-life-is-just-like-going-fro_810630.png) > [Forcing your pets to spend time with you by closing the door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/forcing-your-pets-to-spend-time-with-you-by-closing-the-door/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/anonymous-1_end-time_forcing-your-pets-to-spend-time-with-you_2196304.jpg) > [I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-torre/i-won-t-be-managing-the-mets-i-am-closing-the-door-on-managing-the/) [Joe Torre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-torre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/joe-torre-3272_am_i-won-t-be-managing-the-mets-i-am-closin_3737.png) > [I like going home, closing the door and being plain old Sarah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harding/i-like-going-home-closing-the-door-and-being-plain-old-sarah/) [Sarah Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/sarah-harding-6461_being_i-like-going-home-closing-the-door-and-b_3056895.jpg) > [I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-gates/i-m-not-closing-the-door-on-my-solo-career-but-with-5th-story-if-the/) [Gareth Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gareth-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/gareth-gates-16580_again_i-m-not-closing-the-door-on-my-solo-care_2633416.png) > [Trying to see where you will be 10 years from now... Is like walking in a room with no windows or lights...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddy-espinoza/trying-to-see-where-you-will-be-10-years-from-now-is-like-walking-in/) [Freddy Espinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddy-espinoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/freddy-espinoza-41970_life-lesson_trying-to-see-where-you-will-be-10-years_1264121.jpg) > [“He came in and took a piss in my hotel bathroom without even closing the door as I'm standing right there. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-seibel/he-came-in-and-took-a-piss-in-my-hotel-bathroom-without-even-closing/) [Peter Seibel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-seibel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/peter-seibel-26379_five-years_he-came-in-and-took-a-piss-in-my-hotel-b_2234555.jpg) > [“No, I mean the key," he said. "It's made of bone." Lex raised an eyebrow. "As in ivory?" "As in human." She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-damico/no-i-mean-the-key-he-said-it-s-made-of-bone-lex-raised-an-eyebrow-as/) [Gina Damico](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-damico/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/gina-damico-7384_door_no-i-mean-the-key-he-said-it-s-made-of-b_790931.jpg) > [“Mrs Draper took this as an order for her departure, and crept silently out of the room, closing the door behind her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-trollope/mrs-draper-took-this-as-an-order-for-her-departure-and-crept-silently/) [Anthony Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-trollope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/anthony-trollope-611_silence_mrs-draper-took-this-as-an-order-for-her_2694134.jpg) > [I love driving cars, looking at them, cleaning and washing and shining them. I clean 'em inside and outside. I'm very touchy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-baio/i-love-driving-cars-looking-at-them-cleaning-and-washing-and-shining/) [Scott Baio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-baio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/scott-baio-19616_car_i-love-driving-cars-looking-at-them-clea_2297950.jpg) > [“I'm closing the door now, I'm saying goodbye, because I want t o live HEROIN--so it's you who must die!" --Nicole D'Settēmi's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-dsettemi/i-m-closing-the-door-now-i-m-saying-goodbye-because-i-want-t-o-live/) Nicole Dsettemi [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b83/nicole-dsettemi-266281_addiction-and-recove_i-m-closing-the-door-now-i-m-saying-good_2718566.jpg) > [“Every introvert alive knows the exquisite pleasure of stepping from the clamor of a party into the bathroom and closing the door”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-dembling/every-introvert-alive-knows-the-exquisite-pleasure-of-stepping-from/) [Sophia Dembling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-dembling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/sophia-dembling-42266_introvert_every-introvert-alive-knows-the-exquisit_496816.jpg) > [I'm sorry, But I can't do this any more. You've lost me, so now I'm closing the door. I'm sorry, But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-sorry-but-i-can-t-do-this-any-more-you-ve-lost-me-so-now-i-m/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/me-7_being-done_i-m-sorry-but-i-can-t-do-this-any-more-y_394708.jpg) > [“In fact," Eric said, as he went to the front door, "I'd throw it away entirely. Maybe burn it." He left, closing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlaine-harris/in-fact-eric-said-as-he-went-to-the-front-door-i-d-throw-it-away/) [Charlaine Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlaine-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/charlaine-harris-542_big-fan_in-fact-eric-said-as-he-went-to-the-fron_1434559.png) > [“Were you bluffing about getting out?" Gabriel grabbed the door handle. When he was standing in the grit and rubble of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-kemmerer/were-you-bluffing-about-getting-out-gabriel-grabbed-the-door-handle/) [Brigid Kemmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-kemmerer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/brigid-kemmerer-2470_bad-time_were-you-bluffing-about-getting-out-gabr_593958.jpg) > [“The door creaked and I lifted my eyes to see Gee stick her head back inside. “It’s cal ed Valentine’s Day, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbi-glines/the-door-creaked-and-i-lifted-my-eyes-to-see-gee-stick-her-head-back/) [Abbi Glines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abbi-glines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/abbi-glines-421_holiday_the-door-creaked-and-i-lifted-my-eyes-to_2422328.png) > [Closing the door, turning the page, moving on, etc. It doesnt matter what you call it; what matters is that you leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/closing-the-door-turning-the-page-moving-on-etc-it-doesnt-matter-what/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/melchor-lim-61_facts_closing-the-door-turning-the-page-moving_1175116.jpg) > [“Closing the door, Claudine looked at him. She looked at him, and while he waited for some expression to come to her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/closing-the-door-claudine-looked-at-him-she-looked-at-him-and-while/) [Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/douglas-woolf-24399_complicated-things_closing-the-door-claudine-looked-at-him_1448517.jpg) > [“Ellie . . .,” I point towards the palace. “Go to your room.” Pathetic. Her eyes sparkle. “Do you want to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-chase/ellie-i-point-towards-the-palace-go-to-your-room-pathetic-her-eyes/) [Emma Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/emma-chase-699_closing-the-door_ellie-i-point-towards-the-palace-go-to-y_853835.jpg) > [You packed in the morning & staired out the window,& I struggled for something to say. You left in the rain without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolly-parton/you-packed-in-the-morning-staired-out-the-window-i-struggled-for/) [Dolly Parton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolly-parton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/dolly-parton-366_god-knows_you-packed-in-the-morning-staired-out-th_2557496.jpg) > [“Celeste walked up, as strong as I’d ever seen her, and whispered something into Maxon’s ear. When she was done, he smiled.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/celeste-walked-up-as-strong-as-i-d-ever-seen-her-and-whispered/) [Kiera Cass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiera-cass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/kiera-cass-496_gaze_celeste-walked-up-as-strong-as-i-d-ever_3089779.jpg) > [“After twenty-two years of marriage, we had outgrown the challenge of making something out of nothing. The nesting instincts just weren't there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/after-twenty-two-years-of-marriage-we-had-outgrown-the-challenge-of/) [Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/erma-bombeck-780_marriage_after-twenty-two-years-of-marriage-we-ha_2285190.png) > [It doesn't hurt." "But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/it-doesn-t-hurt-but-my-eyes-do-said-a-coolly-amused-voice-from-the/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/cassandra-clare-9_accord_it-doesn-t-hurt-but-my-eyes-do-said-a-co_1788659.jpg) > [“I tumbled into the taxi alone, closing the door closed with a dull thud before I could possibly change my mind. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-sanderson/i-tumbled-into-the-taxi-alone-closing-the-door-closed-with-a-dull/) [Catherine Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-sanderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/catherine-sanderson-21157_choice_i-tumbled-into-the-taxi-alone-closing-th_3089101.jpg) > [I think in certain ways sex work has been romanticized. I can only speak from my experience, but what surprised me about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-calloway/i-think-in-certain-ways-sex-work-has-been-romanticized-i-can-only/) [Marie Calloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-calloway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/marie-calloway-17169_annoyance_i-think-in-certain-ways-sex-work-has-bee_2677716.jpg) > [“Let me know when you're ready to talk." She stopped and glanced at them both over her shoulder. "Maybe then I'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lora-leigh/let-me-know-when-you-re-ready-to-talk-she-stopped-and-glanced-at-them/) [Lora Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lora-leigh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/lora-leigh-2609_brother_let-me-know-when-you-re-ready-to-talk-sh_151125.jpg) > [“The idea is to intentionally design a relaxing environment that is off-limits to many of the stresses and distractions that define your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cutrer/the-idea-is-to-intentionally-design-a-relaxing-environment-that-is/) William Cutrer [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/william-cutrer-69743_daily-life_the-idea-is-to-intentionally-design-a-re_1297879.jpg) > [I actually am locked away. I think I have 4.6 million Instagram followers, which is obviously a great way to communicate my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-actually-am-locked-away-i-think-i-have-4-6-million-instagram/) [Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/olivier-rousteing-23504_boys_i-actually-am-locked-away-i-think-i-have_1032476.jpg) > [“Had he not had a greater purpose, the saving not of his life but of his soul, the resolve to become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/had-he-not-had-a-greater-purpose-the-saving-not-of-his-life-but-of/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/victor-hugo-32_god-help_had-he-not-had-a-greater-purpose-the-sav_2079283.jpg) > [“It’s dark as a tomb in here,” she said, unable to see more than shadows. “Will you light the candles, please,” she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mcnaught/it-s-dark-as-a-tomb-in-here-she-said-unable-to-see-more-than-shadows/) [Judith McNaught](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-mcnaught/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/judith-mcnaught-687_afternoon-sun_it-s-dark-as-a-tomb-in-here-she-said-una_2256396.jpg) > [“Once, when he had just lulled her to sleep but she had gone no farther than dream's antechamber and was therefore still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/once-when-he-had-just-lulled-her-to-sleep-but-she-had-gone-no-farther/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/milan-kundera-120_dreams_once-when-he-had-just-lulled-her-to-slee_2691541.jpg) > [“Why do you think Lara is Lara Casnoff, and Mrs. Casnoff is Mrs. Casnoff?” Elodie whispered as she worked her magic on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hawkins/why-do-you-think-lara-is-lara-casnoff-and-mrs-casnoff-is-mrs-casnoff/) [Rachel Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/rachel-hawkins-379_crazy-person_why-do-you-think-lara-is-lara-casnoff-an_81289.jpg) > [“Without thinking, she delivered a stinging slap, all her hurt and disappointment behind the impact. The imprint of her hand on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-mcpherren/without-thinking-she-delivered-a-stinging-slap-all-her-hurt-and/) [Charlotte McPherren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-mcpherren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/charlotte-mcpherren-7005_heat-of-the-moment_without-thinking-she-delivered-a-stingin_164282.jpg) > [“When it begins it is like a light in a tunnel, a rush of steel and steam across a torn up life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-derr/when-it-begins-it-is-like-a-light-in-a-tunnel-a-rush-of-steel-and/) Jason Derr [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/jason-derr-146972_darkness_when-it-begins-it-is-like-a-light-in-a-t_441748.jpg) > [“I told you not to bother coming. Scott or Travis would have shown up eventually, and now you’re all here,” she grumbles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-harper/i-told-you-not-to-bother-coming-scott-or-travis-would-have-shown-up/) [Emily Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/emily-harper-25289_bad-boy_i-told-you-not-to-bother-coming-scott-or_700836.jpg) > [“Goodbye,Nick," she said, starting to close the door. "And thank you for stopping by." He accepted her decision with a slight inclination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mcnaught/goodbye-nick-she-said-starting-to-close-the-door-and-thank-you-for/) [Judith McNaught](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-mcnaught/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/judith-mcnaught-687_closed-door_goodbye-nick-she-said-starting-to-close_2403333.jpg) > [“Um, h-h-hi,” Sophie stammered, closing the door behind her. Meeting her gaze were crystal eyes like blue shards of glass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lane/um-h-h-hi-sophie-stammered-closing-the-door-behind-her-meeting-her/) [Jennifer Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/jennifer-lane-26301_door_um-h-h-hi-sophie-stammered-closing-the-d_2780627.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closing-the-door/#itemlist", "name": "Closing The Door Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm going to be a fairy.” Sarah announced, studying her file. \"What a surprise.” Nicole mumbled, closing the door.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alaina Stanford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaina-stanford/i-m-going-to-be-a-fairy-sarah-announced-studying-her-file-what-a/", "image": { "@type": 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You're comfortable.\" It was like we knew each other for four or five years, even though we had never met.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Seibel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-seibel/he-came-in-and-took-a-piss-in-my-hotel-bathroom-without-even-closing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/peter-seibel-26379_five-years_he-came-in-and-took-a-piss-in-my-hotel-b_2234555.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/peter-seibel-26379_five-years_he-came-in-and-took-a-piss-in-my-hotel-b_2234555.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/peter-seibel-26379_five-years_he-came-in-and-took-a-piss-in-my-hotel-b_2234555.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He came in and took a piss in my hotel bathroom without even closing the door as I'm standing right there…” — Peter Seibel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No, I mean the key,\" he said. \"It's made of bone.\" Lex raised an eyebrow. \"As in ivory?\" \"As in human.\" She let out a shriek and dropped it. \"Sweet dreams,\" he said with a smirk, closing the door.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gina Damico" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-damico/no-i-mean-the-key-he-said-it-s-made-of-bone-lex-raised-an-eyebrow-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/gina-damico-7384_door_no-i-mean-the-key-he-said-it-s-made-of-b_790931.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/gina-damico-7384_door_no-i-mean-the-key-he-said-it-s-made-of-b_790931.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/gina-damico-7384_door_no-i-mean-the-key-he-said-it-s-made-of-b_790931.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No, I mean the key,\" he said. \"It's made of bone.\" Lex raised an eyebrow. \"As in ivory?\" \"As in human.\" She…” — Gina Damico", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Mrs Draper took this as an order for her departure, and crept silently out of the room, closing the door behind her with the long protracted elaborate click which is always produced by an attempt at silence on such occasions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Trollope" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-trollope/mrs-draper-took-this-as-an-order-for-her-departure-and-crept-silently/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/anthony-trollope-611_silence_mrs-draper-took-this-as-an-order-for-her_2694134.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/anthony-trollope-611_silence_mrs-draper-took-this-as-an-order-for-her_2694134.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/anthony-trollope-611_silence_mrs-draper-took-this-as-an-order-for-her_2694134.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mrs Draper took this as an order for her departure, and crept silently out of the room, closing the door…” — Anthony Trollope", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love driving cars, looking at them, cleaning and washing and shining them. 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This ending is not THE END, its just your life beginning again in a new way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melchor Lim" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/closing-the-door-turning-the-page-moving-on-etc-it-doesnt-matter-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/melchor-lim-61_facts_closing-the-door-turning-the-page-moving_1175116.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/melchor-lim-61_facts_closing-the-door-turning-the-page-moving_1175116.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/melchor-lim-61_facts_closing-the-door-turning-the-page-moving_1175116.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Closing the door, turning the page, moving on, etc. It doesnt matter what you call it; what matters is that…” — Melchor Lim", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Closing the door, Claudine looked at him. She looked at him, and while he waited for some expression to come to her face he knew how a doctor must feel sometimes when he looks at a belly. For her face was no more than a cover of skin, showing nothing of the terrible, complicated things, ugly and beautiful, that were going on inside her.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Woolf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/closing-the-door-claudine-looked-at-him-she-looked-at-him-and-while/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/douglas-woolf-24399_complicated-things_closing-the-door-claudine-looked-at-him_1448517.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/douglas-woolf-24399_complicated-things_closing-the-door-claudine-looked-at-him_1448517.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/douglas-woolf-24399_complicated-things_closing-the-door-claudine-looked-at-him_1448517.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Closing the door, Claudine looked at him. She looked at him, and while he waited for some expression to come…” — Douglas Woolf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ellie . . .,” I point towards the palace. “Go to your room.” Pathetic. Her eyes sparkle. “Do you want to come with me?” Hell, yes. “I don’t.” Her blue gaze gentles, gliding over my face, before turning to stare out the front window with a sigh. Then, by some miracle, Ellie steps out of the car. But before closing the door she leaves me with one giddy parting reply. “That’s a lie too.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-chase/ellie-i-point-towards-the-palace-go-to-your-room-pathetic-her-eyes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/emma-chase-699_closing-the-door_ellie-i-point-towards-the-palace-go-to-y_853835.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/emma-chase-699_closing-the-door_ellie-i-point-towards-the-palace-go-to-y_853835.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/emma-chase-699_closing-the-door_ellie-i-point-towards-the-palace-go-to-y_853835.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ellie . . .,” I point towards the palace. “Go to your room.” Pathetic. Her eyes sparkle. “Do you want to…” — Emma Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You packed in the morning & staired out the window,& I struggled for something to say. You left in the rain without closing the door, I didnt stand in your way. Now I love you more than I loved you before & now where I 'll find comfort God knows, coz you left me just when I needed you most", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dolly Parton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolly-parton/you-packed-in-the-morning-staired-out-the-window-i-struggled-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/dolly-parton-366_god-knows_you-packed-in-the-morning-staired-out-th_2557496.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/dolly-parton-366_god-knows_you-packed-in-the-morning-staired-out-th_2557496.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/dolly-parton-366_god-knows_you-packed-in-the-morning-staired-out-th_2557496.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You packed in the morning & staired out the window,& I struggled for something to say. You left in the rain…” — Dolly Parton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Celeste walked up, as strong as I’d ever seen her, and whispered something into Maxon’s ear. When she was done, he smiled. “I don’t think that will be necessary.” “Good.” She left, closing the door behind her, and I stood to take whatever was coming. “What was that about?” I asked, nodding toward the door. “Oh, Celeste was making it clear that if I hurt you, she’d make me cry,” he said with a smile. I laughed. “I’ve been on the receiving end of those nails, so be careful there.” “Yes, ma’am.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kiera Cass" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/celeste-walked-up-as-strong-as-i-d-ever-seen-her-and-whispered/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/kiera-cass-496_gaze_celeste-walked-up-as-strong-as-i-d-ever_3089779.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/kiera-cass-496_gaze_celeste-walked-up-as-strong-as-i-d-ever_3089779.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/kiera-cass-496_gaze_celeste-walked-up-as-strong-as-i-d-ever_3089779.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Celeste walked up, as strong as I’d ever seen her, and whispered something into Maxon’s ear. When she was…” — Kiera Cass", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“After twenty-two years of marriage, we had outgrown the challenge of making something out of nothing. The nesting instincts just weren't there anymore. I no longer hyperventilated over a melon keeper that I bought at a Tupperware party. I now worshipped at the shrine of convenience and Sara Lee. Bill no longer rushed home to make bird houses in the basement. He wanted to sleep in his BarcaLounger so he wouldn't be so tired when he went to bed. It was as if we were closing the door on the years of struggle. It wasn't fun anymore.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erma Bombeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/after-twenty-two-years-of-marriage-we-had-outgrown-the-challenge-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/erma-bombeck-780_marriage_after-twenty-two-years-of-marriage-we-ha_2285190.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/erma-bombeck-780_marriage_after-twenty-two-years-of-marriage-we-ha_2285190.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/erma-bombeck-780_marriage_after-twenty-two-years-of-marriage-we-ha_2285190.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“After twenty-two years of marriage, we had outgrown the challenge of making something out of nothing. The…” — Erma Bombeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It doesn't hurt.\" \"But my eyes do,\" said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon hadn't heard him; closing the door behind him, he grinned as Isabelle pulled Simon's shirt down. \"Molesting the vampire while he's too weak to fight back, Iz?\" he asked. \"I'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the Accords.\" \"I'm just showing him where he got stabbed,\" Isabelle protested, but she scooted back to her chair with a certain amount of haste.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cassandra Clare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/it-doesn-t-hurt-but-my-eyes-do-said-a-coolly-amused-voice-from-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/cassandra-clare-9_accord_it-doesn-t-hurt-but-my-eyes-do-said-a-co_1788659.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/cassandra-clare-9_accord_it-doesn-t-hurt-but-my-eyes-do-said-a-co_1788659.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/cassandra-clare-9_accord_it-doesn-t-hurt-but-my-eyes-do-said-a-co_1788659.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It doesn't hurt.\" \"But my eyes do,\" said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so…” — Cassandra Clare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I tumbled into the taxi alone, closing the door closed with a dull thud before I could possibly change my mind. Not like this, I remember thinking. Whatever this thing is between us, it could only be tainted and cheapened by a semi-drunken encounter on the night of our first meeting. As the car pulled away I stared back at him. The thought that I might never see him again, that I might never know what it would feel like to be kissed by him, seemed unbearably cruel. At a crossroads, I had been faced with a choice: two possible versions of my future mapped out ahead of me. But I didn't feel like I had made any sort of decision. All I had done was run away.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Sanderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-sanderson/i-tumbled-into-the-taxi-alone-closing-the-door-closed-with-a-dull/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/catherine-sanderson-21157_choice_i-tumbled-into-the-taxi-alone-closing-th_3089101.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/catherine-sanderson-21157_choice_i-tumbled-into-the-taxi-alone-closing-th_3089101.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/catherine-sanderson-21157_choice_i-tumbled-into-the-taxi-alone-closing-th_3089101.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I tumbled into the taxi alone, closing the door closed with a dull thud before I could possibly change my…” — Catherine Sanderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think in certain ways sex work has been romanticized. I can only speak from my experience, but what surprised me about escorting was how boring it mostly is. it seemed like an assembly line process of cleaning my apartment, dressing up, making awkward small talk, having mundane mechanical sex, making more awkward small talk, and then closing the door after them. There's also a lot of frustration and annoyance with it that I feel isn't discussed (a lot of flaky potential clients for instance.)", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Calloway" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-calloway/i-think-in-certain-ways-sex-work-has-been-romanticized-i-can-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/marie-calloway-17169_annoyance_i-think-in-certain-ways-sex-work-has-bee_2677716.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/marie-calloway-17169_annoyance_i-think-in-certain-ways-sex-work-has-bee_2677716.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/marie-calloway-17169_annoyance_i-think-in-certain-ways-sex-work-has-bee_2677716.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think in certain ways sex work has been romanticized. I can only speak from my experience, but what…” — Marie Calloway", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 29, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Let me know when you're ready to talk.\" She stopped and glanced at them both over her shoulder. \"Maybe then I'd be ready to discuss your sexual twists and my own little abnormal desires. You never know what we all might learn that we haven't already.\" With that, she turned and moved back into the house, closing the door behind her and disappearing out of sight. And Cam found his back slammed against the side of Ian's Hummer, his brother in his face. Lust and irritation flared in his brother's eyes. \"You better start talking,\" he grated. \"Because you know what she just did?\" \"She just dared us, Cam. And I don't know about you, but the thought of 'abnormal desires' dancing through her mind is going to drive me fucking crazy. Now, fix it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lora Leigh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lora-leigh/let-me-know-when-you-re-ready-to-talk-she-stopped-and-glanced-at-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/lora-leigh-2609_brother_let-me-know-when-you-re-ready-to-talk-sh_151125.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/lora-leigh-2609_brother_let-me-know-when-you-re-ready-to-talk-sh_151125.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/lora-leigh-2609_brother_let-me-know-when-you-re-ready-to-talk-sh_151125.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let me know when you're ready to talk.\" She stopped and glanced at them both over her shoulder. \"Maybe then…” — Lora Leigh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 30, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The idea is to intentionally design a relaxing environment that is off-limits to many of the stresses and distractions that define your waking hours. Begin with aesthetics, making an effort to keep your bedroom neat and attractive. In other words, aim for Southern Living in your private quarters even if the rest of your house looks like Mechanics Weekly. Then begin to work on behaviors, keeping your bedroom off-limits to activities other than sleeping, relaxing, or making love. Nix the stacks of unpaid bills, piles of dirty laundry, collections of unread newspapers, and file folders from the office. By fostering this kind of space, seemingly untouched by the nitty gritty of daily life, you will have created a quiet haven where-by simply stepping inside and closing the door behind you-you can take a mini-vacation from stress. This time can then be used to pray, to relax, or to lavish your undivided romantic attentions on your husband.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Cutrer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cutrer/the-idea-is-to-intentionally-design-a-relaxing-environment-that-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/william-cutrer-69743_daily-life_the-idea-is-to-intentionally-design-a-re_1297879.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/william-cutrer-69743_daily-life_the-idea-is-to-intentionally-design-a-re_1297879.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/william-cutrer-69743_daily-life_the-idea-is-to-intentionally-design-a-re_1297879.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The idea is to intentionally design a relaxing environment that is off-limits to many of the stresses and…” — William Cutrer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 31, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I actually am locked away. I think I have 4.6 million Instagram followers, which is obviously a great way to communicate my work and my life. But it's also a form of protection, because I don't want everybody to see my process. What I want to share in the pictures I post is something dreamier than reality. I love solitude. I love escaping into my mind and sketching. Sometimes I travel alone. I'm the first one at the office in the morning, the last one closing the door. People don't expect that, because on Instagram I have a reputation as a party boy who takes selfies all day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Olivier Rousteing" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-actually-am-locked-away-i-think-i-have-4-6-million-instagram/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/olivier-rousteing-23504_boys_i-actually-am-locked-away-i-think-i-have_1032476.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/olivier-rousteing-23504_boys_i-actually-am-locked-away-i-think-i-have_1032476.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/olivier-rousteing-23504_boys_i-actually-am-locked-away-i-think-i-have_1032476.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I actually am locked away. I think I have 4.6 million Instagram followers, which is obviously a great way to…” — Olivier Rousteing", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 32, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Had he not had a greater purpose, the saving not of his life but of his soul, the resolve to become a good and honourable man and upright man as the bishop required him - had not that been his true a deepest intention? Now he talked of closing the door on the past when, God help him, he would be reopening the door by committing an infamous act, not merely that of a thief but of the most odious of thieves. He would be robbing a man of his life, his peace, his place in the sun, morally murdering him by condemning him to the living death that is called a convict prison. But if, on the other hand, he saved the man by repairing the blunder, by proclaiming himself Jean Valjean the felon, this would be to achieve his own true resurrection and firmly close the door on the hell from which he sought to escape. To return to it in appearance would be to escape from it in reality. This was what he must do, and without it he would have accomplished nothing, his life would be wasted, his repentance meaningless, and there would be nothing left for him to say except, 'Who cares?' He felt the presence of the bishop, more urgent than in life; he felt the old priest's eyes upon him and knew that henceforth Monsieur Madeleine the mayor, with all his virtues, would seem to him abominable, whereas Jean Valjean the felon would be admirable and pure. Other men would see the mask, but the bishop would see the face; others would see the life, but he would see his soul. So there was nothing for it but to go to Arras and rescue the false Jean Valjean by proclaiming the true one. The most heartrending of sacrifices, the most poignant of victories, the ultimate, irretrievable step - but it had to be done. It was his most melancholy destiny that he could achieve sanctity in the eyes of God only by returning to degradation in the eyes of men.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Hugo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/had-he-not-had-a-greater-purpose-the-saving-not-of-his-life-but-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/victor-hugo-32_god-help_had-he-not-had-a-greater-purpose-the-sav_2079283.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/victor-hugo-32_god-help_had-he-not-had-a-greater-purpose-the-sav_2079283.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/victor-hugo-32_god-help_had-he-not-had-a-greater-purpose-the-sav_2079283.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Had he not had a greater purpose, the saving not of his life but of his soul, the resolve to become a good…” — Victor Hugo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 33, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It’s dark as a tomb in here,” she said, unable to see more than shadows. “Will you light the candles, please,” she asked, “assuming there are candles in here?” “Aye, milady, right there, next to the bed.” His shadow crossed before her, and Elizabeth focused on a large, oddly shaped object that she supposed could be a bed, given its size. “Will you light them, please?” she urged. “I-I can’t see a thing in here.” “His lordship don’t like more’n one candle lit in the bedchambers,” the footman said. “He says it’s a waste of beeswax.” Elizabeth blinked in the darkness, torn somewhere between laughter and tears at her plight. “Oh,” she said, nonplussed. The footman lit a small candle at the far end of the room and left, closing the door behind him. “Milady?” Berta whispered, peering through the dark, impenetrable gloom. “Where are you?” “I’m over here,” Elizabeth replied, walking cautiously forward, her arms outstretched, her hands groping about for possible obstructions in her path as she headed for what she hoped was the outside wall of the bedchamber, where there was bound to be a window with draperies hiding its light. “Where?” Berta asked in a frightened whisper, and Elizabeth could hear the maid’s teeth chattering halfway across the room. “Here-on your left.” Berta followed the sound of her mistress’s voice and let out a terrified gasp at the sight of the ghostlike figure moving eerily through the darkness, arms outstretched. “Raise your arm,” she said urgently, “so I’ll know ‘tis you.” Elizabeth, knowing Berta’s timid nature, complied immediately. She raised her arm, which, while calming poor Berta, unfortunately caused Elizabeth to walk straight into a slender, fluted pillar with a marble bust upon it, and they both began to topple. “Good God!” Elizabeth burst out, wrapping her arms protectively around the pillar and the marble object upon it. “Berta!” she said urgently. “This is no time to be afraid of the dark. Help me, please. I’ve bumped into something-a bust and its stand, I think-and I daren’t let go of them until I can see how to set them upright. There are draperies over here, right in front of me. All you have to do is follow my voice and open them. Once we do, ‘twill be bright as day in here.” “I’m coming, milady,” Berta said bravely, and Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief. “I’ve found them!” Berta cried softly a few minutes later. “They’re heavy-velvet they are, with another panel behind them.” Berta pulled one heavy panel back across the wall, and then, with renewed urgency and vigor, she yanked back the other and turned around to survey the room. “Light as last!” Elizabeth said with relief. Dazzling late-afternoon sunlight poured into the windows directly in front of her, blinding her momentarily. “That’s much better,” she said, blinking. Satisfied that the pillar was quite sturdy enough to stand without her aid, Elizabeth was about to place the bust back upon it, but Berta’s cry stopped her. “Saints preserve us!” With the fragile bust clutched protectively to her chest Elizabeth swung sharply around. There, spread out before her, furnished entirely in red and gold, was the most shocking room Elizabeth had ever beheld: Six enormous gold cupids seemed to hover in thin air above a gigantic bed clutching crimson velvet bed draperies in one pudgy fist and holding bows and arrows in the other; more cupids adorned the headboard. Elizabeth’s eyes widened, first in disbelief, and a moment later in mirth. “Berta,” she breathed on a smothered giggle, “will you look at this place!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judith McNaught" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mcnaught/it-s-dark-as-a-tomb-in-here-she-said-unable-to-see-more-than-shadows/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/judith-mcnaught-687_afternoon-sun_it-s-dark-as-a-tomb-in-here-she-said-una_2256396.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/judith-mcnaught-687_afternoon-sun_it-s-dark-as-a-tomb-in-here-she-said-una_2256396.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/judith-mcnaught-687_afternoon-sun_it-s-dark-as-a-tomb-in-here-she-said-una_2256396.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It’s dark as a tomb in here,” she said, unable to see more than shadows. “Will you light the candles…” — Judith McNaught", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 34, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Once, when he had just lulled her to sleep but she had gone no farther than dream's antechamber and was therefore still responsive to him, he said to her, \"Good-bye, I'm going now.\" \"Where?\" she asked in her sleep. \"Away,\" he answered sternly. \"Then I'm going with you,\" she said, sitting up in bed. \"No, you can't. I'm going away for good,\" he said, going out into the hall. She stood up and followed him out, squinting. She was naked beneath her short nightdress. Her face was blank, expressionless, but she moved energetically. He walked through the hall of the flat into the hall of the building (the hall shared by all the occupants), closing the door in her face. She flung it open and continue to follow him, convinced in her sleep that he meant to leave her for good and she had to stop him. He walked down the stairs to the first landing and waited for her there. She went down after him, took him by the hand, and led him back to bed. Tomas came to this conclusion: Making love with a woman and sleeping with a woman are two separate passions, not merely different but opposite. Love does not make itself felt in the desire for copulation (a desire that extends to an infinite number of women) but in the desire for shared sleep (a desire limited to one woman).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Milan Kundera" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/once-when-he-had-just-lulled-her-to-sleep-but-she-had-gone-no-farther/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/milan-kundera-120_dreams_once-when-he-had-just-lulled-her-to-slee_2691541.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/milan-kundera-120_dreams_once-when-he-had-just-lulled-her-to-slee_2691541.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/milan-kundera-120_dreams_once-when-he-had-just-lulled-her-to-slee_2691541.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Once, when he had just lulled her to sleep but she had gone no farther than dream's antechamber and was…” — Milan Kundera", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 35, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why do you think Lara is Lara Casnoff, and Mrs. Casnoff is Mrs. Casnoff?” Elodie whispered as she worked her magic on the enchanted door. “It’s her family name, right? So shouldn’t she be Miss Casnoff? Or Ms.?” Of all the things to wonder about, that’s what you’re focused on? Her marital status? “It’s weird, that’s all I’m saying,” she hissed in reply. You know you can talk to me in my head, right? You don’t have to talk out loud and make everyone think I’m a crazy person. Just FYI. “The only time I can talk is when I’m in your body, so sue me, I’m taking advantage of that.” Before we could snipe at each other anymore, the door suddenly gave way. Pushing it open, Elodie dashed inside, closing the door behind her. Lara Casnoff’s office was the total opposite of Mrs. Casnoff’s, complete with soaring bookcases and a heavy wooden desk so brightly polished that I could see myself in it. “Any idea on where we should start?” Elodie whispered. The desk, I finally said. It’ll be locked, and if it’s anything like Mrs. Casnoff’s desk, magic won’t work on it. There’s a nail in my pocket. Get it out, and I’ll talk you through jimmying the lock. Elodie’s disdain flooded over me, but she got the nail and went to work on the lock. “Were you a burglar in the real world?” she muttered as she worked.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachel Hawkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hawkins/why-do-you-think-lara-is-lara-casnoff-and-mrs-casnoff-is-mrs-casnoff/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/rachel-hawkins-379_crazy-person_why-do-you-think-lara-is-lara-casnoff-an_81289.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/rachel-hawkins-379_crazy-person_why-do-you-think-lara-is-lara-casnoff-an_81289.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/rachel-hawkins-379_crazy-person_why-do-you-think-lara-is-lara-casnoff-an_81289.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why do you think Lara is Lara Casnoff, and Mrs. Casnoff is Mrs. Casnoff?” Elodie whispered as she worked her…” — Rachel Hawkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 36, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Without thinking, she delivered a stinging slap, all her hurt and disappointment behind the impact. The imprint of her hand on his cheek shocked her. And though she immediately regretted her childish action, pride forbade her to own up to it. \"Mind your manners, next time, Sinclair!\" Across the yard, Luter Hicks halted and burst into guffaws. \"Guess she told you, lapdog! Hey, honey,\" he called to Willow, \"if he ain't satisfying you, how 'bout lettin' me warm your bed tonight?\" An angry growl rolled out of Rider's throat. He pulled Willow up on her tiptoes, mashing her breasts against his hard chest. His fingers plowed through her thick tresses, knocking her bonnet off and scattering her hair pins. Then clasping her chin between his thumb and fingers, he tipped her head back and took fierce possession of her mouth. When he finally released her lips, he set her down a little harder than necessary. \"I'll kill the first man who even blinks at you,\" he ground out loud enough for Hicks to hear. Then in a low, no-nonsense voice,meant for her ears alone, he ordered, \"Kiss me and make it look good!\" Willow glanced over at Hick's eager face and cringed. Her pride be damned! Sinclair was by far the lesser evil. She swept her arms around his neck. \"Whatever you say...lover,\" she hissed in his ear. Standing on tiptoe again, she slowly brought his head down and pasted her lips to his. But he would have none of her stiff-lipped kiss and increased the pressure on her mouth until she opened to his brazen tongue. As the kiss deepened, he spread one big hand at the base of her spine and molded her stomach against his hard, hot need. Willow's blood sang, her anger instantly gone in the heat of the moment. \"Mr. Sinclair!\" Miriam interrupted in a berating tone. \"You degrade this young lady with your public display. Unhand her at once!\" Without his supporting arms, Willow's weak knees barely held her upright. She stumbled backwards, thoroughly stunned by her backfiring emotions. A loud crash snapped her to her senses when Luther threw his plate against the house and stomped off to the bunkouse. Rider collected himself and stooped to pick up Willow's discarded bonnet. Carefully brushing the dust off, he handed it to her without a word. Willow took her hat, gave him a perfunctory nod, and ground her heel into his toe as she pivoted to enter the house. Unaware of the young man's pained expression, Miriam followed on the girl's heels. \"Talk about circuses!\" she exclaimed, closing the door behind them. \"It was just an act for Hick's benefit,\" Willow defended. Feeling the need to escape Miriam's all-too-knowing glance,she headed down the hall to her room. A heavy boot kicked at the door. Miriam opened it and Rider limped in. \"Where do you want these?\" he growled testily from behind a tower of packages. \"Put them on the settee for now, thank you,\" Miriam said. \"I'd have you carry them back to Willow's room but it isn't a healthy place for you right now.\" Rider only grunted,dumped the bundles, and returned to the wagon for another armload.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte McPherren" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-mcpherren/without-thinking-she-delivered-a-stinging-slap-all-her-hurt-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/charlotte-mcpherren-7005_heat-of-the-moment_without-thinking-she-delivered-a-stingin_164282.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/charlotte-mcpherren-7005_heat-of-the-moment_without-thinking-she-delivered-a-stingin_164282.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/charlotte-mcpherren-7005_heat-of-the-moment_without-thinking-she-delivered-a-stingin_164282.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Without thinking, she delivered a stinging slap, all her hurt and disappointment behind the impact. The…” — Charlotte McPherren", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 37, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When it begins it is like a light in a tunnel, a rush of steel and steam across a torn up life. It is a low rumble, an earthquake in the back of the mind. My spine is a track with cold black steel racing on it, a trail of steam and dust following behind, ghost like. It feels like my whole life is holding its breath. By the time she leaves the room I am surprised that she can’t see the train. It has jumped the track of my spine and landed in my mothers’ living room. A cold dark thing, black steel and redwood paneling. It is the old type, from the western movies I loved as a kid. He throws open the doors to the outside world, to the dark ocean. I feel a breeze tugging at me, a slender finger of wind that catches at my shirt. Pulling. Grabbing. I can feel the panic build in me, the need to scream or cry rising in my throat. And then I am out the door, running, tumbling down the steps falling out into the darkened world, falling out into the lifeless ocean. Out into the blackness. Out among the stars and shadows. And underneath my skin, in the back of my head and down the back of my spine I can feel the desperation and I can feel the noise. I can feel the deep and ancient ache of loudness that litters across my bones. It’s like an old lover, comfortable and well known, but unwelcome and inappropriate with her stories of our frolicking. And then she’s gone and the Conductor is closing the door. The darkness swells around us, enveloping us in a cocoon, pressing flat against the train like a storm. I wonder, what is this place? Those had been heady days, full and intense. It’s funny. I remember the problems, the confusions and the fears of life we all dealt with. But, that all seems to fade. It all seems to be replaced by images of the days when it was all just okay. We all had plans back then, patterns in which we expected the world to fit, how it was to be deciphered. Eventually you just can’t carry yourself any longer, can’t keep your eyelids open, and can’t focus on anything but the flickering light of the stars. Hours pass, at first slowly like a river and then all in a rush, a climax and I am home in the dorm, waking up to the ringing of the telephone. When she is gone the apartment is silent, empty, almost like a person sleeping, waiting to wake up. When she is gone, and I am alone, I curl up on the bed, wait for the house to eject me from its dying corpse. Crazy thoughts cross through my head, like slants of light in an attic. The Boston 395 rocks a bit, a creaking noise spilling in from the undercarriage. I have decided that whatever this place is, all these noises, sensations - all the train-ness of this place - is a fabrication. It lulls you into a sense of security, allows you to feel as if it’s a familiar place. But whatever it is, it’s not a train, or at least not just a train. The air, heightened, tense against the glass. I can hear the squeak of shoes on linoleum, I can hear the soft rattle of a dying man’s breathing. Men in white uniforms, sharp pressed lines, run past, rolling gurneys down florescent hallways.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Derr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-derr/when-it-begins-it-is-like-a-light-in-a-tunnel-a-rush-of-steel-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/jason-derr-146972_darkness_when-it-begins-it-is-like-a-light-in-a-t_441748.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/jason-derr-146972_darkness_when-it-begins-it-is-like-a-light-in-a-t_441748.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/jason-derr-146972_darkness_when-it-begins-it-is-like-a-light-in-a-t_441748.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When it begins it is like a light in a tunnel, a rush of steel and steam across a torn up life. It is a low…” — Jason Derr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 38, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I told you not to bother coming. Scott or Travis would have shown up eventually, and now you’re all here,” she grumbles. I see my dad’s head pop into the doorway opening. “Did Lloyd make it?” he asks, searching the driveway with his eyes. My car is actually my dad’s old car from when he was a teenager. He kept it all this time, first giving it to Scott, and then when Scott upgraded to a dependable Toyota he gave the little hatchback to me. I can’t afford to get a new car, but even if I could choose, I would still choose Lloyd. I’ve always been a daddy’s girl and we talk about Lloyd more than is probably healthy. It drives my mother crazy. “Was there any doubt?” I say. “It’s going to take more than a little snow to keep that bad boy down.” Though a heat wave will do it from a cracked radiator, but we both choose not to mention it. My mother rolls her eyes. “Make yourself comfortable you two,” I say. “You’re in for a treat today.” My mother raises her eyebrows at my excited tone. “We’re racing to clear the driveway,” I say with a grin. “Etty, why do you do this to yourself? When have you ever won?” My mother shakes her head and gives me a pitying look. “I’m stronger than I look!” I argue. “I know honey,” she says. “But those boys double you in weight andstrength.” “I’m quicker,” I say, though with not as much conviction as before. She might have a point here. My dad looks amused by the whole thing. “I’ll go boil the kettle, get you some warm water for your tongue,” she offers before going back into the house. “Give ’em hell, honey,” Dad says, winking before closing the door.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emily Harper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-harper/i-told-you-not-to-bother-coming-scott-or-travis-would-have-shown-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/emily-harper-25289_bad-boy_i-told-you-not-to-bother-coming-scott-or_700836.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/emily-harper-25289_bad-boy_i-told-you-not-to-bother-coming-scott-or_700836.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/emily-harper-25289_bad-boy_i-told-you-not-to-bother-coming-scott-or_700836.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I told you not to bother coming. Scott or Travis would have shown up eventually, and now you’re all here,”…” — Emily Harper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 39, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Goodbye,Nick,\" she said, starting to close the door. \"And thank you for stopping by.\" He accepted her decision with a slight inclination of his head, and Lauren made herself finish closing the door. She forced herself to walk away on legs that felt like lead, reminding herself at the same time how insane it would be to let him near her. But halfway across the living room she lost the internal battle. Pivoting on her heel, she raced for the door, yanked it open and hurtled straight into Nick's chest. He was lounging with one hand braced high against the doorframe, gazing down at her flushed face with a knowing, satisfied grin. \"Hello,Lauren.I happened to be in the neighborhood and decided to drop by.\" \"What do you want,Nick?\" she sighed, her blue eyes searching his. \"You.\" Resolutely she started to close the door again, but his hand shot out to stop her. \"Do you really want me to go?\" \"I told you on Wednesday that what I want has nothing to do with it. What matters is what's best for me, and-\" He interrupted her with a boyish grin. \"I promise I'll never wear your clothes,and I won't steal your allowances or your boyfriends either.\" Lauren couldn't help starting to smile as he finished, \"And if you swear never to call me Nicky again, I won't bite you.\" She stepped aside and let him in, then took his jacket and hung it in the closet. When she turned, Nick was leaning against the closed front door, his arms crossed over his chest. \"On second thought,\" he grinned, \"I take part of that back.I'd love to bite you.\" \"Pervert!\" she returned teasingly, her heart thumping so much with excitement that she hardly knew what she was saying. \"Come here and I'll show you just how perverted I can be,\" he invited smoothly. Lauren took a cautious step backward. \"Absolutely not.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judith McNaught" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mcnaught/goodbye-nick-she-said-starting-to-close-the-door-and-thank-you-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/judith-mcnaught-687_closed-door_goodbye-nick-she-said-starting-to-close_2403333.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/judith-mcnaught-687_closed-door_goodbye-nick-she-said-starting-to-close_2403333.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/judith-mcnaught-687_closed-door_goodbye-nick-she-said-starting-to-close_2403333.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Goodbye,Nick,\" she said, starting to close the door. \"And thank you for stopping by.\" He accepted her…” — Judith McNaught", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 40, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Um, h-h-hi,” Sophie stammered, closing the door behind her. Meeting her gaze were crystal eyes like blue shards of glass.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer Lane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lane/um-h-h-hi-sophie-stammered-closing-the-door-behind-her-meeting-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/jennifer-lane-26301_door_um-h-h-hi-sophie-stammered-closing-the-d_2780627.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/jennifer-lane-26301_door_um-h-h-hi-sophie-stammered-closing-the-d_2780627.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/jennifer-lane-26301_door_um-h-h-hi-sophie-stammered-closing-the-d_2780627.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Um, h-h-hi,” Sophie stammered, closing the door behind her. 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