The Door in the Wall Quotes

“Each of us has his place in the world " he said. "If we cannot serve in one way there is always another. If we do what we are able a door always opens to something else.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“A fine and beautiful life lies before thee, because thou hast a lively mind and a good wit. Thine arms are very strong and sturdy. Swimming hath helped to make them so, but only because thou hast had the will to do it. Fret not, my son. None of us is perfect. It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit. We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what we do with what we have.”
― Marguerite DeAngeli, The Door in the Wall

“It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit.”
― Marguerite De Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what we do with what we have.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Fret not, my son. None of us is perfect. It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit. We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what we do with what we have.”
― Marguerite DeAngeli, The Door in the Wall

“Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Fret not, my son. None of us is perfect. It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit. We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what we do with what we have.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Crutches or crosses as thou’lt have it. ’Tis all the same thing. Remember, even thy crutches can be a door in a wall.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“But Robin was learning patience. He had found out that the harder it was to do something, the more comfortable he felt after he had done it.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“For reading is another door in the wall, dost understand, my son?”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Giltspur to Ludgate and then toward Smoothfield where stands St. Mark’s. Dost remember the long wall that is about the garden of thy father’s house?” “Yes, ” said Robin, “of course. Why?” “Dost remember, too, the wall about the Tower or any other wall?” Robin nodded. “Have they not all a door somewhere?” “Yes,” said Robin again. “Always remember that,” said the friar. “Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.” “I will remember,” Robin promised, but he wasn’t sure that he knew what Brother Luke meant to say. While he was speaking, the friar had been caring for Robin, easing his tired muscles, and making him clean and”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“None of us is perfect. It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit. We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what we do with what we have.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“D’Ath,”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Lord Jocelyn to the west hath long coveted this domain. And Sir Hugh Fitzhugh, to the north yonder, who is cousin to Sir Peter, hath a quarrel with him.” “But they could not take so strong a castle, surely,” said Robin.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Each of us has his place in the world,” he said. “If we cannot serve in one way, there is always another. If we do what we are able, a door always opens to something else.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“friar”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“John-go-in-the-Wynd”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“I had a message from Sir Peter only the day before your letter reached me asking what had happened to you, for John-the-Fletcher never returned. Some evil befell him surely, for he was an honorable servant. Sir Peter was wounded while bringing up forces to my aid, so sorely wounded that he has been taken to a castle near by where he will stay until he is able to be taken home.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“Because he was unable to see out of the wind hole (window) Robin had learned to guess at what was going on down in the street. He knew the sound of armor and knightly equipment, for the King’s men passed that way going to and from the Tower or Westminster, to joust or tournament, to parade, or on business for the King. A horse was passing now, but Robin was sure it was not of that order. It was probably the shire reeve’s horse, for above the slow clatter over the cobbles Robin could hear the grating of runners on a kind of sled the horse was dragging. From the odor that came through the window he could guess that Wat Hokester had been taken again for selling putrid fish in the market stall.”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall

“wind hole (window)”
― Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall