Clocks Quote by David Foster Wallace

“To every hour, its mystery. At dawn, the riddles of life and light. At noon, the conundrums of solidity. At three, in the hum…

— Clive Barker

“I often spend half the night with ghosts, remembering times fifty years past as if they were yesterday. The mystery of a midnight visitor…

— George R.R. Martin

“Clocks served two purposes, in my opinion. The first was to tell people the time, and the second to impress upon me that time…

— Cees Nooteboom

“And as the hands of the clocks clicked to eight past one, the house awoke to the sudden and definite realization that now was…

— Scott Thomas

“A few seconds later, my father broke his big toe; but his accident was a mere trifle when set beside what had befallen me…

— Salman Rushdie

“We had any number of clocks surrounding us, and every one of them at one time or another exhibited a lively sense of humor.”

— Joshua Ferris

“The end of my nine o’clocks was another anchor in time gone.”

— Diane Setterfield

“Aside from all else, there is some truth in that; clocks indeed must have their sacrifice: what is death but an offering to time…

— Truman Capote

“What a pity clocks don't realize the interesting work they do in making history, as they go on ticking out moments which never before…

— Alice Muriel Williamson

“And so I told myself to take that one. Because Father said clocks slay time. He said time is dead as long as it…

— William Faulkner

“We may be just two different clocks, that do not tock in unison.”

— Lang Leav

“But one thing I do know: life and time are ghosted creatures for us all. They belong to us - and are not ours…

— Joan D. Chittister