doorbell QUOTES

1 " Never knock on death's door. Ring the doorbell then run. He totally hates that.
- T-shirt "

― Darynda Jones , First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)

3 " If you want to see how far we have not come from the cave and the woods, from the lonely and dangerous days of the prarie or the plain, witness the reaction of a modern suburban family, nearly ready for bed, when the doorbell rings or the door is rattled. They will stop where they stand, or sit bolt upright in their beds, as if a streak of pure lightning has passed through the house. Eyes wide, voices fearful, they will whisper to each other, " There's someone at the door," in a way that might make you believe they have always feared and anticipated this moment - that they have spent their lives being stalked. "

5 " I don't want to be the person who gasps in fear whenever she hears the sound of a doorbell or a phone. I just want to lose myself in these hills, in the river winding west to the city of bridges. "

― Mira Bartok , The Memory Palace

7 " Nightmares did come true. Because, after her second night of major loving with the man of her dreams, the absolute last person she ever wanted to see was her mother. Yet there she was, her small, hefty frame trundling up the stairs to Maira’s front door.
She was so frozen with horror, she couldn’t move until she heard the doorbell ring.
Don’t answer it. Maybe she’ll go away.
Well, that was just stupid. "

― Alisha Rai , Veiled Seduction (Veiled, #2)

9 " Postmen have a legendary aura. A ring at the doorbell may inflame a sense of expectation, suspense, secrecy, hazard or even intrigue. Ringing twice may imply a warning that trouble is on the way or an appeal to make the coast clear. Not all mailmen, though, will ring twice and await an eye-catching Lana Turner, whom they can whisper: " With my brains and your looks, we could go places.” (" The postman always rings twice" ) "

11 " But if Miss Golightly remained unconscious of my existence, except as a doorbell convenience, I became, through the summer, rather an authority on hers. I discovered, from observing the trash-basket outside her door, that her regular reading consisted of tabloids and travel folders and astrological charts; that she smoked an esoteric cigarette called Picayunes; survived on cottage cheese and Melba Toast; that her vari-colored hair was somewhat self-induced. The same source made it evident that she received V-letters by the bale. They were torn into strips like bookmarks. I used occasionally to pluck myself a bookmark in passing. Remember and miss you and rain and please write and damn and goddamn were the words that recurred most often on these slips; those, and lonesome and love. "

― Truman Capote , Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

13 " The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone. "

― Douglas Adams , Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)

15 " It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless. "