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Only when the clock stops does time come to life

Only when the clock stops does time come to life

William Faulkner
Time, Doe, Clock
William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.87, Modern Library

Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was - only is.

William Faulkner
Time, People, Individual
"William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

William Faulkner
Life, Time, Long
William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.87, Modern Library

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it.

William Faulkner
Gratitude, Time, Giving
1951 Requiem for a Nun, act 2, sc.1.

I don't suppose anybody ever deliberately listens to a watch or a clock. You don't have to. You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn't hear.

William Faulkner
Time, Long, Mind
William Faulkner (2013). “The Sound And The Fury”, p.63, Random House

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