Locking Quotes

60 quotes by 57 authors

I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time. — Christopher Bollen
Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it, .. The two scourges feed off each other, locking their… — Peter Eigen
You can't just draw a veil of secrecy when you are locking people up. You have to do at least the minimum, which is to… — Jamie Fellner
. . . the solution is not to toss youthful offenders into jail or prisons. We long ago recognized alcoholism to be a disease, and… — Tom McCall
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never… — John Grisham
Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called… — Queen Latifah
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? — Charles de Lint
I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy… — David Walliams
I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign… — Steven Wright
But in high school the business of irrevocable choices began. Doors slipped shut with a faint locking click that was only heared clearly in the… — Stephen King
I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against… — Scott Westerfeld
She dealt her pretty words like Blades -- How glittering they shone -- And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone --… — Emily Dickinson
Depression - that limp word for the storm of black panic and half-demented malfunction - had over the years worked itself out in Charlotte's life… — Sebastian Faulks
Wondering where Ranger was now, when I needed him. Why wasnâ€™t he here, insisting on locking me up in a safe house? Now that my… — Janet Evanovich
Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. 'I was… — Scott Lynch
It's no use locking the door after the steed is stolen. — H.G. Wells
That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do. — Patrick O'Brian
Fact: upon locking yourself our of your apartment you will immediately need to use the bathroom. Fact: and then you will stand in place and… — Augusten Burroughs
Let them go, I tell myself. Say good-bye and forget them. I do my best, thinking of them one by one, releasing them like birds… — Suzanne Collins
The Summer had died peacefully in its sleep, and Autumn, as soft-spoken executrix, was locking life up safely until Spring came to claim it. — Kurt Vonnegut

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