The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job. Lionel Shriver
My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them. Kirk Douglas
Who knocks?' ‘I, who was beautiful, Beyond all dreams to restore, I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither, And knock on the door. Walter de la Mare
I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to dinner. Good. I'm starving. Suzanne Collins
Death does not knock on the door. Yiddish Proverb
The man whose conscience is clear will never fear a knock on the door at midnight. Chinese Proverb