“Why do some memories bleed out of nowhere and others stay locked behind doors?”

“Why should he remember her? Why should she remember him? She had other things to think about. She was a grown woman. She had to face life. Even if all life had to show her was a locked door, and behind the locked door, no room.”

“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”

“Throughout his life the memory of that happy day stayed locked secretly in (his) heart.”

“The way the neurotic sees it: bars on his door mean that he's locked in; bars on your door mean that he's locked out.”

“I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.”

“Don't simply knock and wait for the door to be opened. Go look for the keys. Some fit the lock better than others.”

“They're fake bullets, so why do I feel like Im bleeding out?”

“If there's a locked door, I start to make up all kinds of stories about what might be behind it. I feel like it's some kind of secret, and it leads to me making up lies. But if all the doors are open, physically and metaphorically, there's only the one truth.”

“Knowledge was not meant to be locked behind doors. It breathes best in the open air where all men can inhale its essence.”