He shut his mind on that thought, and listened again for the door.

But he shut his mind to every- thing else.

You just shut your mind to it, is all.

How did you reason with a girl who had shut her mind to everything but a situation for which there was no solution?

No living thing could shut its mind down completely and still be alive.

Lorena tried to shut her mind when he talked like that.

The pain was terrible, but Alvin shut his mind to that.

But I shut my mind to the sense of her voice and refused to hear it.

But he shut his mind to reason, for this was the only hope he had.

So why couldn't she shut her mind on him too?