Best watches & wounds Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“God was someone I wound up turning over and over in my mind each night... Was He punishing me with this meal or was He rewarding me? Did He actively watch me or take me for granted like a fish you don't notice until it's floating on the surface of the tank?”

Mind God Night Watches Fishes Surface Wounds Granted Meals Take Me Floating Tanks Watch Me

Book:Naked

Source: Naked

“Labor is life! 'Tis the still water faileth; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth.”

Stills Water Dark Watches Labor Wounds Idleness Rust Still Waters

Book:Poems ... Illustrated by ... Darley, etc

Source: Poems ... Illustrated by ... Darley, etc

“I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.”

Ifs Needs Two Watches Sitting Wounds Annoying Sitting Around Reset

Author:Mark Teixeira

“She was too intent upon her work, and too earnest in what she said, and too composed and quiet altogether, to be on the watch for any look he might direct towards her in reply; so the shaft of his ungrateful glance fell harmless, and did not wound her.”

Looks Said Character Might Interesting Watches Quiet Direct Wounds Glances Earnest Ungrateful Interesting Characters

Book:Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“I ascend from darkness And depart on the winds of space for I know not where; My watch is wound, a key is in my pocket, And the sky is darkened as I descend the stair.”

Knows Space Watches Morning Darkness Sky Wind Keys Wounds Pockets Stairs

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“Here lies, in a "horizontal" position The "outside" case of Peter Pendulum, watch-maker. He departed this life "wound up" In hopes of being "taken in hand" by his Maker, And of being thoroughly "cleaned, repaired" and "set a-going" In the world to come.”

World Hands Lying Watches Cases Taken Position Wounds This Life Makers Peter Departed Horizontal Pendulums

Author:Woodrow Wilson

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