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The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.
— Sabine Baring-Gould
A company in which anyone is afraid to speak up, to differ, to be daring and original, is closing the coffin door on itself.
— Leo Burnett
I have graven it within the hills, and my vengeance upon the dust within the rock.
— Edgar Allan Poe
I also see you," she says fiercely, her hand closing around my arm. "And I know who you are.
— Veronica Roth
I felt like the sky around me was closing me in. Trapping me in some sort of bubble where time stands still and grief would linger on forever.
— Molli Fields
That's just silly. Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish.
— Dick Costolo
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
— Winston Churchill
It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.
— Freeman A. Hrabowski III
Closing my eyes, I find green mountains and pure water within my own heart. Silently sitting alone and drinking tea, I feel these become a part of me.
— Soshitsu Sen XV
It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.
— Alexander Crummell
Ask: is what I'm doing and thinking right now bringing me closer to myself or farther away? Opening my heart or closing it? You have a choice.
— Geneen Roth
The Internet is like closing time at a blue-collar bar in Boston. Everyone's drunk and ugly and they're going to pass out in a few minutes.
— Leon Wieseltier
He imagined the door to a sad, empty room closing with a faint click, never to be opened again, and that calmed him a little.
— Donald Ray Pollock
She opened her eyes- closing them was cowardice, and the Carstairs were not cowards.
— Cassandra Clare
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves.
— William S. Burroughs
A shrieking battle cry echoed on the wind, a spine-tingling scream that sounded like the baying of the wolves closing in on their prey.
— Raymond E. Feist
Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
— David Letterman
Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing rather rapidly. There is not a moment to lose.
— Rajendra K. Pachauri
No is always a door-closing word; Yes is a door-opening word.
— Thomas Dreier
Life was like that, doors of possibility constantly opening and closing as one blindly made one's way through.
— Kate Morton
Horror waits in the shadows, even when you are closing your eyes.
— Melissa D. Ellis
It's less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can't stop from happening.
— Arthur Golden
The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes.
— Bob Beauprez
Everywhere felt like a jail now- doors opening and closing, and me never feeling safe.
— Gillian Flynn
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
— Alexander Graham Bell
It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection.
— Irving Babbitt
When we open our minds too wide, we risk closing them.
— Romina Russell
The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back.
— Jerry Saltz
Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele.
— John Hodgman
The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I love you. I love you,
but I'm turning to my verses
and my heart is closing
like a fist. — Frank O'Hara
but I'm turning to my verses
and my heart is closing
like a fist. — Frank O'Hara
Um, h-h-hi, Sophie stammered, closing the door behind her. Meeting her gaze were crystal eyes like blue shards of glass.
— Jennifer Lane
Midnight was closing in, the one-legged woman was grievously burned, and the Mumbai police were coming for Abdul and his father.
— Katherine Boo
I didn't mean to reopen closing wounds.
— Veronica Roth
My only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me.
— Bram Stoker
Dazzled by the luminosity of logic, she leans back, closing her eyes. She loses herself, she is lost.
— Joseph Roth
You're next. It's the next thing. Next stop Kilburn Station. The doors fold inwards, urban insect closing its wings.
— Zadie Smith
Everything is yours that is seen after closing your eyes.
— Vishal Sardhara
Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging.
— Jhonen Vasquez
The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead.
— Austin O'Malley
When life is boring, have a funky dance and watch yourself dancing after closing your eyes.
— Debasish Mridha
People will continue to make movies. But I do think the economic model of the studio movie is closing in on a kind of systemic collapse.
— Matthew Specktor
When I look at my books I feel like Alice in the closing pages of Wonderland, when the cards all rise up and overwhelm her.
— Linda Grant
Nikki didn't believe him but was applying another rule of jujitsu: When you're closing in for a takedown, don't get faked into a sucker hold.
— Richard Castle
You need me."
"I more than need you," he said, trembling. "I don't work without you. I just don't."
"Same here," I told him, closing my eyes. — Mary Calmes
"I more than need you," he said, trembling. "I don't work without you. I just don't."
"Same here," I told him, closing my eyes. — Mary Calmes
Even when the sun was shining she couldn't see it. The whole house was closing in on her and she was suffocating.
— Crissi Langwell
When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
— Walter Scott
Lukewarm, still air had that smell of woman; like blossom flower, closing before sleeping.
— J.M.K. Walkow
it's closing time
— Leonard Cohen
Final thoughts are so, you know, final. Let's call them closing words.
— Craig Armstrong
Stop giving energy to the things you don't want.
— Wayne Dyer
I began closing the
— James Patterson
When a train pulls into a great city I am reminded of the closing moments of an ouverture.
— Graham Greene
That figures," said Mom, stepping in from the landing and closing the door. "The only member of this family with a normal relationship is a sociopath.
— Dan Wells
US special forces are closing in on Saddam Hussain but they're afraid to go in. He's hiding out in Tony Martin's farmhouse.
— Patrick Kielty
We must strictly enforce the Environmental Law, closing down the polluters that fail to meet the standards.
— Ma Jun
God is a great gatekeeper. I find Him opening and closing it before me, against my will and often without my consent.
— Farzaneh Doosti
Rose okay with closing tonight?
— Maya Banks
There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong.
— Amartya Sen
Mal: [closing the doors] Good day!
— Joss Whedon
Closing the door on your past, gives you the keys to open the door to your limitless future.
— Dr. Eddie M. Connor Jr
If you aren't opening doors for people, you are closing them!
— Marshall Goldsmith
The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.
— Jose Andres
Hey, you've still got your endangered hymen. Which means you'll make it to closing credits - I'm s.o.l.
— Kresley Cole
There were spells on opening doors and closing them, spells to ward your door, and even one to discourage Jehovah's Witnesses from your door,
— Juliet Dark
Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow ... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John
— J.R. Ward
Closing your mind to religion is no different than the close-mindedness that religions can cause.
— Carlton Mellick III
You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative.
— Janny Wurts
In the papers this morning: 'Police closing in on Ian Holloway.' Sorry, it's 'Palace closing in on Ian Holloway.'
— Alan Brazil
Would being completely alone in a universe bring a sensation of closing limitations or infinitely expanding horizons with associated loneliness?
— Peter F. Hamilton
For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities.
— Richard Powers
We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall closing institutions in Jerusalem.
— Mahmoud Abbas
If the FBI parks a van bristling with cameras outside your house, you are justified in closing your blinds.
— Bruce Schneier
Until the administration can articulate a coherent and convincing policy for closing Guantanamo, it should remain open.
— Jason Chaffetz
There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book
— Josh Jameson
I love the night! It's not uncommon for me to see the light of a new day before closing my eyes on the old one.
— Peggy Toney Horton
I think of the church often. Not because religion was closing in on me, but because for a long time my ass was sore from that hard, unupholstered pew.
— W.C. Fields
There is no future for me as a closing pitcher.
— Danny McBride
Are you sad?" she asked him. Sincerely. "Do you need to go home and listen to all your mixed tapes and think about this chapter of your life closing?
— Rainbow Rowell
The door could not be heard closing; they must have left it open as is usual in houses visited by great misfortune.
— Franz Kafka
closing, I'd just like to say that marriage is less about finding someone you can live with and more about finding that one you can't live without.
— Sheryl Lister
...now open your mind by closing your eyes
see the unseen world within you which lies
From the poem 'The Unseen World — Munia Khan
see the unseen world within you which lies
From the poem 'The Unseen World — Munia Khan
The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
— Cesare Pavese
The window is closing.
— Barack Obama
Closing one's ears to the complaints of partisans would also entail closing one's mind to the substance of their arguments.
— Daniel Okrent
Are you about to have sex in my bathroom?"
Without missing a beat, Kellan responded with, "Yes," and started closing the door. — S.C. Stephens
Without missing a beat, Kellan responded with, "Yes," and started closing the door. — S.C. Stephens
In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world.
— Larry Bird
How we choose to deal with pain is ultimately the measure of who we are and of the success we have in closing our gaps.
— Hyrum W. Smith
Walking my dogs twice a day provides me with an opening and closing of my day, and I've learned to use those walks for a walking meditation.
— Patrick Fabian