“...the great floodgates of the wonder-world swung open...”
“The things he made me feel had opened a floodgate, and the damned thing wouldn't close.”
“It was as though in these last minutes together--when they had so much to say--they could say nothing of the least significance, for fear it open the floodgates.”
“Great wisdom is achieved by being open to the world. The world does not open unless you are willing to be open.”
“I felt I hadn't breathed since early morning, that my heart had not beat-and only now for the first time I took a breath, only now the floodgates in my chest opened...”
“Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World,With the wonderful water round you curled,And the wonderful grass upon your breast,World, you are beautifully drest!”