#door

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind. ↗

— E. B. White

#doorway #full #met #mind #never

Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in front of the hidden Dwarf door to Moria. Remember when . . . I sighed. Sometimes my inner monologue annoys even me. “Edro, edro,” I muttered. “Open.” I rubbed at the bridge of my nose and ventured, “Mellon.” Nothing happened. The wards stayed. I guessed the Corpsetaker had never read Tolkien. Tasteless bitch. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #tolkien #harry-dresden

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door? ↗

— Tyra Banks

#american #animalistic #been #black #door

Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#another #business #community #cubs #did

And," Amber said, practically drooling as she ogled him, "it's tradition for new arrivals to help with the pep rally." Brooklyn quirked her lips in doubt. "Tradition?" "It's a new tradition," Amber shot back. "Clearly the deeper meaning of the word has escaped you. ↗

— Darynda Jones

#lol #tradition #death

Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#career #dear #doors #feature #friends

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#creative #did #distance #door #find

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away. ↗

— Thomas Beecham

#bands #brass #miles #outdoors #place

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#door #everybody #his #insignificance #keep

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#call #door #drum #free #hotel