“Silence fell. The clock on my mantel ticked aloud and the wind outside flowed past like a river.”
Poul Anderson book There Will Be Time
Source: There Will Be Time (1972), Chapter 16 (p. 175)
“Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.”
— Haruki Murakami, book Dance Dance Dance
Source: Dance Dance Dance
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