Water Clocks

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or clocks:

    “—the main jet
    Struggling aloft unti it seems at rest

    In the act of rising, until
    The very wish of water is reversed,”
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    “It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)