Literary Clock

A clock made of literary quotations. Should be correct twice a day.
A constantly ticking clock can be found at

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Another bit of work from the day job!

[Knight Genetics @KnightGenetics]

Some of the big questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic are 'Why do we all have such a different reaction to the infection? From the mild cases to the seriously sick?'

Our #COMBAT paper in @CellCellPress aims to explore these questions

A 🧵by Dr Justin Whalley & @DrCarlaCohen

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Apologies for the stopped clock, had to concentrate on my day job (latest publication here https://t.co/45YnIdkMAq :).

Will look to get the twitter literary clock ticking again soon!

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At a minute to midnight, Roquenton was holding his wife's hand and giving her some last words of advice. On the stroke of midnight, she felt her companion's hand melt away inside her own.
Tickets on Time
Marcel Aymé

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There is a big grandfather clock there, and as the hands drew near to twelve I don't mind confessing I was as nervous as a cat.
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverley
Agatha Christie

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Humans emerge one minute and seventeen seconds before midnight. The whole of our recorded history, on this scale, would be no more than a few seconds, a single human lifetime barely an instant.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson

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And when you go down the steps, it's always 11.58 on the morning of September ninth, 1958.
11/22/63
@StephenKing

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Wells looked out at the street. 'What time is it?' he said. Chigurh raised his wrist and looked at his watch. 'Eleven fifty-seven' he said. Wells nodded. By the old woman's calendar I've got three more minutes.
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy

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By the time that it wanted only three minutes to noon, the droll object in question was perceived to be a very diminutive foreign-looking young man. He descended the hills at a great rate, so that every body had soon a good look at him.
The Devil in the Belfry
Edgar Allan Poe

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The human race is at the end of the line, the doomsday clock ticks on. It's stopped for a decade at four minutes to midnight, but there the hands still stand. Any minute now they'll begin to move again.
Wicked Women
Fay Weldon

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He was tearing off on his bicycle to one of the jobs about five minutes to twelve to see if he could catch anyone leaving off for dinner before the proper time.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressell

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'I am going to lock you in. It is-' he consulted his watch, 'five minutes to midnight. Miss Granger, three turns should do it. Good luck.'
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
@jk_rowling

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What time did you arrive at the site? It was 11:55. I remember since I happened to glance at my watch when we got there. We rode our bicycles to the bottom of the hill, as far as we could go, then climbed the rest of the way on foot.
Kafka on the Shore
@harukimurakami_

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His watch read 11.54pm Eastern Standard Time. Already it was nearly 6.00am in Rome. He had left a city frozen by a harsh January storm, after a bleak, wet Christmas season.
Conclave
Greg Tobin

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He swilled off the remains of (his beer) and looked at the clock. It was six minutes to twelve
Hangover Square
Patrick Hamilton

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It was 7 minutes to midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Mark Haddon

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Afterward it was recalled by observing citizens that just before noon - seven minutes to twelve, in fact - a small cloud no bigger than the proverbial hand crossed the sun hurriedly as if afraid to tarry.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow
George Barr McCutcheon

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It was eight minutes to midnight. Just nice time, I said to myself. Indoors, everything was quiet and in darkness. Splendid. I went to the bar and fetched a tumbler, a siphon of soda and a bottle of Glen Grant, took a weak drink and a pill
The Green Man
Kingsley Amis

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At any rate, we whirled into the station with many more, just as the great clock pointed to eight minutes to twelve o'clock. 'Thank God! We are in time,' said the young man, 'and thank you, too, my friend, and your good horse...'
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell

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'Due at Waterloo at eleven-fifty-one,' panted Smith.'That gives us thirty-nine minutes to get to the other side of the river and reach his hotel.'
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu
Sax Rohmer

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The next day, at nine minutes to twelve o'clock noon, the last clock ran down and stopped. It was then placed in the town museum, as a collector's item, or museum piece, with proper ceremonies, addresses, and the like.
Lanterns and Lances
James Thurber