“In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!” LoveYearsPeaceDemocracyFiveProduceAchievementHundredClockSwitzerlandBrotherlyBrotherly LoveCuckoosCuckoo Clocks Book:The third man: a film Source: The third man: a film
“The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant of the background of our planning...they did not realize that it was ridiculous to speak of timing when the clock of history showed that the Negro had already suffered one hundred years of delay.” PeopleYearsMovingUsedSpeakRealizingHundredArgumentRidiculousPlanningGhostBackgroundsIgnorantClockTimingDelayHauntingBirminghamBad Timing Book:Why We Can't Wait Source: Why We Can't Wait
“Four hundred years is but a moment in 10,000 years. Time is curved, time is braided. Throw out your clocks.” YearsMomentsFourHundredClock Book:Turn and Jump: How Time & Place Fell Apart Source: Turn and Jump: How Time & Place Fell Apart
“She put her hand on her chest. “I have magic yet. If you will set the clock working again, then I must be still. I have read quite as many stories as you, September. More, no doubt. And I know a secret you do not: I am not the villain. I am no dark lord. I am the princess in this tale. I am the maiden, with her kingdom stolen away. And how may a princess remain safe and protected through centuries, no matter who may assail her? She sleeps. For a hundred years, for a thousand. Until her enemies have all perished and the sun rises over her perfect, innocent face once more.” IfsKnowsYearsMayStillsMatterStoriesHandsFacesDarkSleepPerfectSecretLordEnemySunDoubtMagicCenturyThousandSafeHundredTalesKingdomsInnocentClockNo DoubtChestsVillainPrincessProtectedSeptemberStolenMaidensSun Rise Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“Somehow, Sydney had an internal clock that told her when time was up. I think it was part of her inherent ability to keep track of a hundred things at once. Not me. In these moments, my thoughts were usually focused on getting her shirt off and whether I’d get past the bra this time. So far, I hadn’t.” ThinkingMomentsPastAbilityHundredTrackFocusedClockShirtsInternalsInherentMy ThoughtsSydneyBrasSydney SageShirt OffSydrian Author:Richelle Mead