To get rid of villains and knaves, it is necessary to give them a way out. If you don't give them any leeway at all, they will be like trapped rats. If every way out is closed to them, they will chew up everything good.
All day long he was docile, intelligent, good, Though sometimes changing to a darker mood. He seemed hypocritical, could tell better lies, in the dark he saw dots of colors behind closed eyes, clenched fists, put his tongue out at his elder brother.
I walked by a dry cleaner at 3 am, and there was a sign: "Sorry, we're closed" You don't have to be sorry, it's 3 am, and you're a dry cleaner! It would be ridiculous for me to expect you to be open! I'm not gonna walk in at 10 am and say "I walked by here at 3 and you were closed - somebody owes me an apology!"
People always think of Chinese food as the go-to ethnic food when everything else is closed during the holidays, but Indian is a nice alternative. Plus - Indians? Thanksgiving? Kinda makes sense.
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.
It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have. . . One pair that see through closed doors. Another in the back of her head. . . and, of course, the ones in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and reflect 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word.
I closed my eyes and listened to the occasional chirps of tiny birds hidden in the trees around us, the bubbling of water over rocks down below, cicadas rattling a chorus off in the distance. All sounds of the world carrying on like it always had. So much could change or be lost, and still, the rest of the world went on like it was nothing. It didn't seem wrong, but it didn't seem right either. I'd gone on today like it was nothing. I'd laughed and felt happy and forgotten for a little while that this was now a world without my brother in it.
You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?
You have to come to your closed doors before you come to your open doors
And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.
The moment the door closed behind him, Tessa was in Will's arms, her hands locked about his neck. "Oh, by the Angel," she said. "That was mortifying. " Will slid his hands into her hair and was kissing her, kissing her eyelids and her cheeks and then her mouth, quickly but with fervor and concentration, as if nothing could be more important. "Listen to you," he said. "You said 'by the angel. ' Like a Shadowhunter. " He kissed the side of her mouth. "I love you. God, I love you. I waited so long to say it.
Closed doors simply means God is protecting us from having not the best.
If you can do something with your eyes closed, it is time to try something new.
One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception.
Sorry,” he said. “Let me drop the belt-" “No. ” She held on when he would have pulled away. “Don’t. I like it. ” Again, he lifted her face, and he smiled. “The tool belt turns you on. ” “No. ” She closed her eyes and thunked her forehead to his chest. “Little bit.
If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies. . . Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode. . . because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.
There are a couple of projects that are sort of on the plate; I haven't closed any of them yet. I'm trying to figure out which one is going to be the best one for me.
Closed doors are a test of our faith. Keep moving forward, being your best, living with determination and faith. When you do, you'll see amazing changes all around you.
I did a couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by Chris Durang. Swoosie Kurtz was one of the stars. It was a wonderful show. It closed in 40 performances. I think it was kind of ahead of its time.
It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself.