Clock Quotes

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The first thing we did was change all the clocks so that her siblings thought it was bedtime, then put them to bed ignoring their… — Meg Cabot
Everyone runs around trying to find a place where they still serve breakfast because eating breakfast, even if it's 5 o'clock in the afternoon, is… — Jonathan Goldstein
Making knots. Making knots. No word. Making knots. Tick-tock. This is a clock. Do not think of Gale. Do not think of Peeta. Making knots. — Suzanne Collins
I have an impulse to write all over the orange walls- I need an alphabet of endings ripped out of books, of hands pulled off… — Jandy Nelson
Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all… — Angela Carter
There is certainly a universal and unconscious propensity to impose a rhythm even when one hears a series of identical sounds at constant intervals... We… — Oliver Sacks
Each human being is unique, each with their own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure, and desire for adventure. However, society always imposes on us a… — Paulo Coelho
William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. "In the time of your life--live!"… — Tennessee Williams
He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It was morning by the clock but deepest nighttime in his body. — Jeffrey Eugenides
She lost much of her appetite. At night, an invisible hand kept shaking her awake every few hours. Grief was physiological, a disturbance of the… — Jeffrey Eugenides
She put her hand on her chest. â€œI have magic yet. If you will set the clock working again, then I must be still. I… — Catherynne M. Valente
Hey, Tink," Reed called to his wife. He'd given up on the poker game and was cradling the little pink handle that was Mariah Savage… — Cindy Gerard
I can't deceive myself that out of the bare stark realization that no matter how enthusiastic you are, no matter how sure that character is… — Sylvia Plath
My faceless neighbor spoke up: â€œDonâ€™t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.â€ I… — Elie Wiesel
She serves me a piece of it a few minutes out of the oven. A little steam rises from the slits on top. Sugar and… — Raymond Carver
And this lesson about mortal peace of mind I never forgot. Even if a ghost is ripping a house to pieces, throwing in pans all… — Anne Rice
The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. In the street a siren howled. — Ralph Ellison
I guess the most amazing thing about crying though is that when you're in it, you think it'll go on forever but it never really… — William Goldman
You'll have to leave my meals on a tray outside the door because I'll be working pretty late on the secret of making myself invisible,… — S. J. Perelman

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