“[About homophobes] As long as they're homophobic behind closed doors, and don't hurt anyone, I'm fine with it.”

“If anyone stops us, as long as we mumble something pretentious about the glory of death, we should be fine.”

“Mingling with people, hurting them, getting hurt by them…that's how you learn about others…and about yourself. If you don't you'll never be able to care about anyone but yourself.”

“I'm always OK. As long as I'm black, I'm fine.”

“I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.”

“I don't let just anyone fine me, you know?”

“Newcomers to success always seek attention and be seen in the newspapers, while the truly rich people hide behind closed doors.”

“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.”

“Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens us. All we need to do is stop pounding on the door that just closed, turn around—which puts the door behind us—and welcome the largeness of life that now lies open to our souls. The door that closed kept us from entering a room, but what now lies before us is the rest of reality.”

“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.”