Outside world Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers

“A knock on my office door interrupted the despondency of my broodings. “Come in!” I called, removing the countenance I currently wore for a…

— Gabriellyn Gidman

“Victoria pushed it open the rest of the way and stepped inside. She left it open in case she needed to make a quick…

— Claire Legrand

“After what seemed like a monumental effort she reached the door and exited into the night air, leaving the rest of her”

— Paul Pilkington

She knocked and waited, because when the door was opened from within, it had the potential to lead someplace quite different.

— Laini Taylor

“She got in and summoned all of her angst leftover from adolescence in order to slam the door as loudly as possible.”

— L.T. Vargus

“Once she’d stepped into her room and shut the door behind her, all common sense and good intentions evaporated. She stood awestruck and mute,…

— Vivienne Savage

“It was the air she wanted and the world she would now exclusively choose; the quiet chambers, nobly overwhelming, rich but slightly veiled, opened…

— Henry James

“She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room.”

— P.G. Wodehouse

“Temporary Insanity had come a-knocking and I had shouted "Come on in the door is open." Luckily, Reality had come unexpectedly and found Temporary…

— Marian Keyes

“said get out!” The woman was now in the room too. A quick scuffle ensued”

— E.M. Parker

“The idea of spending any more time in the air was as appealing as a trip to the gynecologist, but she held her peace.”

— Mari Carr

“She begin to read. And read. And in short order, she became dangerous.”

— Jason Porath