Shut Door

Famous quotes containing the words shut and/or door:

    “Ribald romeos less and less berattle
    your shut window with impulsive pebbles.”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8)

    “Yet the day wears,
    And door succeeds door;
    I try the fresh fortune—
    Range the wide house from the wing to the centre,
    Still the same chance! she goes out as I enter.
    Spend my whole day in the quest,—who cares?”
    —Robert Browning (1812–1889)