Clockwork Quotes

81 quotes by 33 authors

... A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- and I said: 'That's a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?' Then I read a malenky bit… — Anthony Burgess
A clockwork heart can't replace the real thing. — Dru Pagliassotti
Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields... NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS RIDING A CAT?… — Terry Pratchett
Where do I come into all of this? Am I just some animal or dog?' And that started them off govoreeting real loud and throwing… — Anthony Burgess
They lay there for a few seconds, in the dark, in the future, listening to the fabulous clockwork of their hearts and lungs, and loving… — Michael Chabon
Will: "Nice place to live, isn't it? Let's hope they left something behind other than filth. Forwarding addresses, a few severed limbs, a prostitute or… — Cassandra Clare
How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes… — Cassandra Clare
It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it. — Cassandra Clare
Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god, country and apple… — Terry Pratchett
Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an indulgence, an… — Matthew J. Kirby
Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what… — Cassandra Clare
Ah,â€ said a voice from the doorway, â€œhaving your annual â€˜everyone thinks Will is a lunaticâ€™ meeting, are you? â€œItâ€™s biannual,â€ said Jem. â€œAnd no,… — Cassandra Clare
Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff it,… — Anthony Burgess
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. — Voltaire
Soon it will be daybreak. Soon the day will break. I can't stop it from breaking in the same way it always does, and then… — Margaret Atwood
Look well on this, my son," said the green-skinned man, "for one day I shall rule a clockwork kingdom of such beings, and you shall… — Cassandra Clare
The 21st chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change. ----- "A Clockwork Orange… — Anthony Burgess
For there was a conspiracy of dullness in the world, a universal plan to shut out the resurgences of spirit which might interfere with clockwork.… — Tennessee Williams
Somewhere, deep within her, surfaces a tiny clockwork submarine. There are times when you can only take the next step. And then another. — William Gibson
He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship. — Cassandra Clare

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