Ticking Quotes

134 Ticking quotes by 116 unique authors

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
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
His heart, like mine, was ticking off the time allotted to his small restless body. — Haruki Murakami
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
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
There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the… — Ally Carter
Agent Jones switched to the big screen and a grainy video of MoMo sitting at his enormous desk, a swivel-hipped Elvis clock ticking behind his… — Libba Bray
My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the… — Henry David Thoreau
When his grandchildren had been little, they had asked if they could hide inside the clock. Now he wanted to gather them and open himself… — Paul Harding
Coincidences happen, but I've come to believe they are actually quite rare. Something is at work, okay? Somewhere in the universe (or behind it), a… — Stephen King
Substantiate or suffocate, Ms. Vetra. Mickey's ticking. — Dan Brown
And like most middle-aged people who hear the clock ticking in their lives, I had come to resent a waste or theft of my time… — James Lee Burke
The night that seemed endless hours before is now slipping through your fingers, ticking by as it falls into the past and pushes you towards… — Erin Morgenstern
Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that our lives are… — Lauren DeStefano
I don't suppose anybody ever deliberately listens to a watch or a clock. You don't have to. You can be oblivious to the sound for… — William Faulkner
The poets get a quizzical ahem. They reflect time, I am the very ticking. — Roy Fuller
The truth that makes us free is always ticking away like a time-bomb in the basement of everybody's church. — Robert Farrar Capon
There is nothing like a gleam of humor to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face. — Eva Hoffman
I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing your costume underneath… — Anne-Marie Duff
I like time ticking the way it is. — Stephen Graham
Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time zone, somewhere between… — Diane Ackerman
Ninety percent of all people under 30 are in developing countries, and that means that this new access to tech, which is such a positive… — Ronan Farrow
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure. — Chadwick Boseman
Belonging to one party is acceptable. But my days of just ticking the party box are long over. I judge the candidates for who they… — Rob Lowe
I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want… — Lisa Unger

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