The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
“Unscrew the locks from the doors!
Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!”
Source: Leaves of Grass
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Walt Whitman 181
American poet, essayist and journalist 1819–1892Related quotes
“Attendants, will you please close and lock the doors?”
“People are locking their doors and switching off their nervous systems.”
"Bobby Crawford"
Cocaine Nights (1996)
Context: Town-scapes are changing. The open-plan city belongs in the past — no more ramblas, no more pedestrian precincts, no more left banks and Latin quarters. We're moving into the age of security grilles and defensible space. As for living, our surveillance cameras can do that for us. People are locking their doors and switching off their nervous systems.

“First impression only opens the door, but does not lock it.”

“Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.”
Source: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”
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The Little Country (1991)