Clock Quote by A. E. Housman

“Twelve times did the iron register of time beat on the sonorous bell-metal, summoning the ghosts to rise, and walk their nightly round. -…

— Henry Fielding

Before a clock was in the tower, Or e'er a watch was worn; I knew of night the passing hour, And prophesied the morn;…

— Anonymous

“The clock in the church tower”

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

“Before it had awoke to die on the instant of its waking, a score of bells and clocks had shouted midday and for a…

— Mervyn Peake

“His hands struck her any hour of the day, like hands that strike a clock, whether early, whether late; they strike, they strike.”

— Anthony Liccione

“The clock struck six just as Chaol positioned himself, after making sure two more of his men were waiting down a narrow alley. Just…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Goodness me, the clock has struck- Alackday, and fuck my luck.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“You see, the lives of servants are not lived by clocks, but by the ringing of their masters' bells.”

— Tom Angleberger

At the great iron gate of the churchyard he stopped and looked in. He looked up at the high tower spectrally resisting the wind,…

— Charles Dickens

“There's a legend about that clock. For a second, when it chimes the hour, the gates to Heaven open.”

— Cassandra Clare

“The cloth was wrinkled and twisted from the struggle. His forehead was damp, and he lay his forearm across it and stared across the…

— Dave Newell

Vlad twisted his wrist, pinching his fingers together, spinning the bronze coin on the table. When it fell, he picked it up and did…

— Heather Brewer