“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during a moment.”

“When one door closes, another opens… into another room, another space, other happenings. There are many doors to open and close in our lives. Some doors we leave ajar, where we hope and plan to return. Some doors are slammed shut decisively—"No more of that!" Some are closed regretfully, softly—"It was good, but it is over." Departures entail arrivals somewhere else. Closing a door, leaving it behind, means opening onto new vistas and ventures, new possibilities, new incentives.”

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.”

“The debt was the most sacred obligation incurred during the war. It was by no means the largest in amount. We do not haggle with those who lent us money. We should not with those who gave health and blood and life. If doors are opened to fraud, contrive to close them. But don’t deny the obligation, or scold at its performance.”

“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”

“There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens.”

“Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.”

“The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock.”

“Who has seen with their eyes open can see again, but with the eyes closed.”