“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.”
“When the phone rings at 2.15am in the morning it's unlikely to be heralding something pleasant. What chance is there of its being good news? None. Only someone bad would ring at such an hour. Or someone with bad news.”
“Never knock on death's door. Ring the doorbell then run. He totally hates that. - T-shirt”
“Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.”
“The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.”
“Oh, for goodness‘ sake,” yawned Isabelle, “Is he really waking us up at this ungodly hour just to prove his love to you or something? Couldn’t he have called? mundane men are such twits.”(Thinking its Simon when the “doorbell” of institute rings)-Isabelle to Clary, pg.188-”