Walter Wangerin Quotes

We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we're delighted – and if she breaks it down, we rejoice.

Walter Wangerin

• Doors
• Flattery
• Mistress
• Delighted
• Rejecting

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• We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we're delighted – and if she breaks it down, we rejoice.

  

  Walter Wangerin
  • Doors
  • Flattery
  • Mistress