“She knocked and waited, because when the door was opened from within, it had the potential to lead someplace quite different.”

“If they had been riding in a car, she would have waited for him to go around and open the door for her, but riding in a truck is different”

“The first door in the hall leads to youth, the second door leads to middle age, and the third door leads to the bathroom. But knock first, because I think grandpa’s in there.”

“She waited the eternal instant that women wait when a horror jumps out at them. It is an instant that men do not use for waiting, an instant that opens a door to life or death. Women look through the opening because something might be alive in there.”

“Don't simply knock and wait for the door to be opened. Go look for the keys. Some fit the lock better than others.”

“...because he had been waiting for someone to come back to him, so every time someone knocked on the door, he couldn't stop himself from hoping it might be that person, even though he knew he shouldn't hope.”