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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

The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing. — Jan Chipchase

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

Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women. — Betty Friedan

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

I bid you peace - said at the end of every TV episode of The Frugal Gourmet — Jeff Smith

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

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

The mantra should change from 'Always Be Closing' to 'Always to helping'. — David Hahn

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

But that closing night at Carnegie was without a hint of decline. — Walter Terry

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

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

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks. — Ted Kulongoski

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

Change isn't closing the door on the old, it is opening the door on the new. — Todd Stocker

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

Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt. — Milton Glaser

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

I shall be delivered, like a noble closing speech. I shall be, in a word, said. — John Banville

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

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

She was grieving the loss of her youth, the closing down of possibilities as life became what it was rather than what it might have been. — Kimberley Freeman

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump. — Andrew Vachss