“Leaving this life is just like going from one room to another and closing the door.” Life IsRoomsDoorsLeavingThis LifeHeavenlyClosing Author:David Berg
“The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.” PeopleWayStoriesLife IsSidesSecretDoorsBotherEntrancesElevatorsStory Of My Life Author:Greta Garbo
“But then life is never neat, it is made up of doors and trapdoors. You move down baroque corridors, and even when you think you know which door to open, you still need to have the courage to choose.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsMadeStillsMovingLife IsDoorsNeatCorridorsYou Think You KnowBaroque Book:Submergence Source: Submergence
“A life is a moment in season. A life is one snowfall. A life is one autumn day. A life is the delicate, rapid edge of a closing door's shadow. A life is a brief movement of arms and of legs.” LifeMomentsLife IsDoorsMovementArmsShadowSeasonsEdgesLegsAutumnDelicateRapidsClosingAutumn DaysSnowfallClosing Doors Author:Alan Lightman
“Makes no sense to me,' said Huntsekker. 'You don't know who is at your door, but you know the thoughts of a man twenty miles away.' 'Life is a mystery,' said Powdermill, with a gold-toothed grin. 'It is that, right enough,' agreed Huntsekker.” KnowsMenSaidEnoughLife IsDoorsMysteryGoldTwentiesMilesMiles Away Author:David Gemmell
“For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for in facing it I must give up the myth of meritocracy. If these things are true, this is not such a free country; one's life is not what one makes it; many doors open for certain people through no virtues of their own.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryLife IsCertainWhiteVirtueDoorsSubjectsGiving UpRacismPressurePrivilegeMythElusiveWhite PrivilegeFugitiveMeritocracyFree Country Author:Peggy McIntosh