Clock Quotes

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It took hours to turn the clock back 30 seconds. — Jonathan Franzen
This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world. — Haruki Murakami
What a funny watch!â€™ she remarked. â€˜It tells the day of the month, and doesnâ€™t tell what oâ€™clock it is!â€™ â€˜Why should it?â€™ muttered the… — Lewis Carroll
You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a fully loaded weapon… — Suzanne Collins
I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because… — E L Konigsburg
When the clock Tick Tocks the party never stops! — Kesha
I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp. — W. Somerset Maugham
Hickory dickory dock my daddyâ€™s nuts from shell shock. Humpty dumpty thought he was wise till gas came along and burned out his eyes. A… — Dalton Trumbo
When the clock stops on a life, all things emanating from it become precious, finite, and cordoned off for preservation. Each aspect of the dead… — Jennifer Egan
Imagine the one god himself has reversed his clock and reversed your regrets. Imagine knowing the bone-deep truth that whatever impossibility would make you truly… — Craig Clevenger
The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal. The ticking of a clock. The groan of a floorboard as he slipped out of… — Cornelia Funke
Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both. I could not… — Susanna Clarke
A broken clock is right two times a day. — Orson Scott Card
What lingered after them was not life, which always overcomes natural death, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a… — Jeffrey Eugenides
These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the one… — Christopher Isherwood
Emotions werenâ€™t created to just lie around. You should experience things to the full. Iâ€™ve got a sense of the clock ticking. We have to… — Bjork
Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well. — Dalai Lama
Like a battalion of marines at roll call, her neck hairs marshaled to five-alarm status. She stumbled back to her desk, jerked open the botton… — Lori Wilde
Lesson #456 of high school life: Never, EVER trust an alarm clock. — Heather Brewer
It's kind of like when a clock battery runs down. The hour and minute hands don't disappear, but they don't keep ticking either. They freeze… — Rachel Vincent

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