Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The door, indeed, stood open as before; but the windows were still shuttered, the chimneys breathed no stain into the bright air, there sounded…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“As all partings foreshadow the great final one, - so, empty rooms, bereft of a familiar presence, mournfully whisper what your room and what…

— Charles Dickens

“He pulled the door closed and the wind became just the slightest rush of air against the rolled-up windows. There was suddenly a pleasant…

— Alice McDermott

“... the vacuum left by the departing visitor seemed to echo along the hallway and into the walls. It was at those times, when…

— Jacqueline Winspear

“And she leaves. She opens the door and, without a backward glance, goes out and shuts the door. I stand at the window and…

— Haruki Murakami

“The room was large, and largely empty. The pace would pick up later in the evening. For now, the action comprised just a few…

— Barry Eisler

“He was left, upon awakening, with the feeling that he wanted, even somehow needed, to reach the something that waited in the distance. The…

— Lois Lowry

“And then one day the walls of your house finally collapse. If the door is still standing, however, all you have to do is…

— Paul Auster

“He imagined the door to a sad, empty room closing with a faint click, never to be opened again, and that calmed him a…

— Donald Ray Pollock

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

— Paul Pilkington

“I left the apartment without even bothering to close the door behind me. Once outside, I faced a world of buildings and faces that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Alas, the objects I had assembled wander away. The young poplar dims and takes off to return where it had been fetched from. The…

— Vladimir Nabokov