Opening Quotes

1144 Opening quotes by 922 unique authors

it's doors I'm afraid of because I can't see through them, its the door opening by itself in the wind I'm afraid of. — Margaret Atwood
When the oldest Chatwin, melancholy Martin, opens the cabinet of the grandfather clock that stands in a dark, narrow back hallway in his aunt’s house… — Lev Grossman
He bent, lips coming to mine and — 'Derek? Chloe?' It was Kit, opening the back door. Derek let out a low growl. 'Never fails.'… — Kelley Armstrong
What is it that you contain? The Dead. Time. Light patterns of millennia. The expanding universe opening in your gut. Are your twenty-three feet of… — Jeanette Winterson
No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I'm just laughing at life." "Why?" he asked, opening both his eyes. "Because sometimes… — P. C. Cast
Any true wizard, faced with a sign like 'Do not open this door. Really. We mean it. We're not kidding. Opening this door will mean… — Terry Pratchett
Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates of acceptance. On… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi
She's alive," Thomas said, not opening his eyes. "What?" Will was caught off guard. "The one you come back for. Her. Tessa. She's with Sophie. — Cassandra Clare
A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a blank space inside… — Haruki Murakami
Kid 1: *examining my gorgeous strawberry and blueberry pies*: Wow, Mom, your pies don’t look awful this time. Me (Ilona): ... ~A little later~ Kid… — Ilona Andrews
The ways I could hurt her and hurt myself. Those two things were intertwined somehow. It's hard to explain, but when you were as closed… — Kami Garcia
Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening… — Nora Roberts
Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die. — Frank Herbert
In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not his… — Anais Nin
Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood… — Roberto Bolano
opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams ... that is being naked. — Rob Bell
... But I'm annoying you to no purpose with my arguments. A person whose house is only open on the west can't see the sun… — Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
I take my rucksack and go out the opening where the front door used to be. Manchee gets up from where he's curled and follows… — Patrick Ness
In my opening seconds, I would say, "It's great to be here," then move to several other spots on the stage and say, "No, it's… — Steve Martin
Startled, he loosed his grasp and she pulled free. He clutched her arm, but she spun around and pressed her mouth to his. His lips… — Holly Black
Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so hard to love.… — Yann Martel
My mistake was in ever opening the books. — Jack London
Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides… — Jacques Derrida
Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows… — Terry Pratchett
As soon as I look up, his eyes click onto my face. The breath whooshes out of my body and everything freezes for a second,… — Lauren Oliver

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