Staircases Quotes

I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

The stairway to the ministry is not a grand staircase but a back stairwell that leads down to the servants’ quarters.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

The way up is a staircase. The way down is a cliff.

Remember: once you have ascertained that you are dealing with hostile intruders, the staircase becomes a free-fire zone.

If time is a staircase, reality is a Slinky. Decades can be parsed. Television, frequently accused of destabilizing life, is actually what stitches the segments together.

A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it.

What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation?

Grief is a circular staircase.

London underground took me on a tour of all the hidden places, the disused shafts and staircases... that was very interesting.

It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole of it.

The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase.