“Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.”

“I suppose every generation has a conceit of itself which elevates it, in its own opinion, above that which comes after it. ("The Open Door")”

“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”

“You can leave a door open for your 'friends,' but the truth is anybody can come in through that open door. And how do you know these friends are who they say they are, anyway?”

“Insomnia’s different,” I said. It was hard to explain this to people. “You know the light that comes on when you open the refrigerator door? Just imagine it stays on all the time, even after you close the door. That’s what it’s like in my head. The light stays on.”

“She opened [the door] and slipped outside easily, while I clomped like a drunken racehorse after her.”