Tick Quotes

166 quotes by 151 authors

I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors. — Terry Pratchett
Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody." "You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting. — Lloyd Alexander
I'm here. Soon I won't be. Zoey's baby is here. Its pulse tick-ticking. Soon it won't be. And when Zoey comes out of that room,… — Jenny Downham
Those times are over and gone, and good riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we're the tick-waisted generation, dragging along our children… — Gregory Maguire
The clock tick-tocked, solemn and profound. It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it whirred and cleared… — William Faulkner
Youâ€™d better tell me what you know, toad,â€ said Tiffany. â€œMiss Tick isnâ€™t here. I am.â€ â€œAnother world is colliding with this one,â€ said the… — Terry Pratchett
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
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
Sometimes I even felt like he dated me as part of his plan, like they were going to have a checklist on the application, and… — Maureen Johnson
When you see runners in town is easy to distinguish beginners from veterans. The ones panting are beginners; the ones with quiet, measured breathing are… — Haruki Murakami
Time can tick when there is no clock. — Anne Rice
Why?" I said, taking the paper from him as Al smiled. "If it's not what I agreed to, I will burn Al's gonads off the… — Kim Harrison
Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice. That's how we met, with Finnick offering me sugar. Surrounded by horses and chariots,… — Suzanne Collins
There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Temp put on a burst… — Suzanne Collins
And then there was Tick. Brave little Tick, who had flown into the faces of an army of rats to save his baby sister. Tick… — Suzanne Collins
Tick, tock,â€ whispers Wiress. I guide her in front of me and get her to lie down, stroking her arm to soothe her. She drifts… — Suzanne Collins
It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the the… — Terry Pratchett
The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do. — David Levithan
This moment and this chance, they are the same, and they are mine if I choose them,and I do. I want them. Now and as… — James Frey
Tick tock, this is a clock. — Suzanne Collins

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