The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase.
A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it.
If time is a staircase, reality is a Slinky.
London underground took me on a tour of all the hidden places, the disused shafts and staircases... that was very interesting.
The way up is a staircase. The way down is a cliff.
The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso's old apartment, and I had a special staircase that took me up to the roof. There was nobody up there.
Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs.
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.