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“The irrevocable Hand That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut The portals of our earthly destinies; We walk through blindfold, and the noiseless doors Close after us, for ever.”

Years Hands Walks Destiny Forever Doors Fairs Gates Portal Irrevocable Blindfolds

Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

“And you have been forever, and will be forever, and all the worrisome smashings of your foot on innocent cupboard doors it was only the Void pretending to be a man pretending not to know the Void.”

Knows Men Has Beens Forever Doors Feet Innocent Pretending Void Be A Man Smashing Cupboards

Book:Desolation Angels

Source: Desolation Angels

“Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.”

Knows Moments Behinds Know How Forever Doors Sky Protect Bird Bars Innocence Bolts Hawks Grove Caged Dodge Larks Vulture

Author:Thomas Chandler Haliburton

“In this life, nobody has forever in which to leave home, to return, to make a new home, or to open the door to someone. Death doesn't wait while we tidy everything up. And there are several kinds of dying.”

Kind Home Waiting Forever Doors Dying Return This Life Tidy New Home

Author:Jean Little

“Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.”

“So many doors forever. There were never enough. Each door had several locks. One lock was combination. Another required keys. Another was a simple side latch. Another was strictly ornamental. Another you could open by whispering the right thing to it at the right time, which is the type of lock most humans have.”

Humans Enough Sides Simple Forever Doors Keys Type Combination Right Thing Locks Right Time Whispering Latches

Author:Blake Butler

“Tiresome heart, forever living and dying, House without air, I leave you and lock your door. Wild swans, come over the town, come over The town again, trailing your legs and crying!”

Heart House Forever Doors Air Dying Cry Towns Legs Locks Swans Tiresome

Book:The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection

Source: The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection

“While walking in a rapid stream we cannot tread twice in the same water. Neither can we spend twice the same time. When we pass out of that door, the work of this meeting will be closed to us forever. We shall never spend the time of this evening again. Then should we not keep a record of our work, teachings, and counsel.”

Should Water Forever Records Doors Teaching Walking Meetings Evening Streams Rapids

Book:Wilford Woodruff's Journal, 1833-1898: Typescript

Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal, 1833-1898: Typescript

“Doors to beautiful things do not remain open forever. Be fast to enter inside!”

Beautiful Forever Doors Beautiful Things

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“For your enemies, keep the door open forever!”

Enemy Forever Doors

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I want to stay involved in gymnastics forever, but the Olympics really opened up doors in terms of motivational speaking. I'd like do some type of broadcasting or commentating for gymnastics events on TV, or even give my insights as a gymnast into other sports; I'm kind of a sports junkie in general.”

Want Giving Kind Sports Term Forever Doors Events Tvs Type Involved Insight Olympics Gymnastics Junkie Broadcasting Gymnast

Author:Jonathan Horton

“If I had my way, I would write the word 'insure' over every door of every cottage and upon the blotting pad of every public man, because I am convinced that, for sacrifice that are conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them forever.”

Ifs Men Way Writing Forever Doors Sacrifice Convinced My Way Catastrophe Secured Cottages Pads Small Family

Author:Winston Churchill