Dial House

Famous quotes containing the words dial and/or house:

“The bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake.
My house was on a cliff. The thing could take
Bookloads off shelves, break bottles in a row.
Then the long pause and then the bigger shake.
It seemed the best thing to be up and go.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)