Famous quotes containing the words candle and/or clocks:
“For a long time, I went to bed early. Sometimes, my candle barely put out, my eyes closed so quickly that I did not have the time to say to myself: “I am falling asleep”.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)