Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/literary-clock/quotes.csv

1	00:00	It starts at ^midnight^.	Catching Fire	Suzanne Collins	unknown
2	00:05	E.M. Security, normally so scrupulous with their fucking trucks at ^0005h.^, is nowhere around, lending weight to yet another cliché. If you asked Gately what he was feeling right this second he'd have no idea.	Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	nsfw
3	00:10	It was at ^ten minutes past midnight^. Three police cars, Alsations and a black maria arrive at the farmhouse. The farmer clad only in a jock-strap, refused them entry.	The Queue	Jonathan Barrow	unknown
4	00:15	At ^twelve-fifteen^ he got out of the van. He tucked the pistol under the waistband of his trousers and crossed the silent, deserted street to the Hudston house.	Watchers	Dean Koontz	unknown
5	00:20	...and I could smell the opium. There is no smell like it. Beside the bed the alarm-clock showed ^twelve-twenty^, but already my tension was over. Pyle had diminished.	The Quiet American	Graham Greene	unknown
6	00:25	I mean, look at the time! ^Twenty-five past midnight^! It was a triumph, it really was!	The Soldier's Wife	Joanna Trollope	unknown
7	00:35	Mrs. Gentrie looked at the clock. It was ^thirty-five minutes past midnight^.	The Case of the Empty Tin	Erle Stanley Gardner	unknown
8	00:40	We sat in the car park till ^twenty to one^/ And now I'm engaged to Miss Joan Hunter Dunn.	A Subaltern's Love Song	John Betjeman	unknown
9	00:45	At ^12.45^, during a lull, Mr. Yoshogi told me that owing to the war there were now many more women in England than men.	Pig and Pepper: A Comedy of Youth	David Footman	unknown
10	00:50	The packing was done at ^12.50^; and Harris sat on the big hamper, and said he hoped nothing would be found broken. George said that if anything was broken it was broken, which reflection seemed to comfort him.	Three Men in a Boat	Jerome K Jerome	unknown
11	00:55	He rolled one way, rolled the other, listened to the loud tick of the clock, and was asleep a minute later. ^Five to one in the morning^. Fifty-one hours to go.	61 Hours	Lee Child	unknown
12	01:00	^1.00 am.^ I felt the surrounding quietness suffocating me.	Sister	Rosamund Lupton	unknown
13	01:06	When he woke it was ^1:06^ by the digital clock on the bedside table. He lay there looking at the ceiling, the raw glare of the vaporlamp outside bathing the bedroom in a cold and bluish light. Like a winter moon.	No Country for Old Men	Cormac McCarthy	unknown
14	01:10	It was at ^ten minutes past one^ by Bond's watch when, at the high table, the whole pattern of play suddenly altered.	Casino Royale	Ian Fleming	unknown
15	01:15	Lily Chen always prepared an 'evening' snack for her husband to consume on his return at ^1.15am^.	Sour Sweet	Timothy Mo	unknown
16	01:20	Then it was ^1.20am^, but I hadn't heard Father come upstairs to bed. I wondered if he was asleep downstairs or whether he was waiting to come in and kill me. So I got out my Swiss Army Knife and opened the saw blade so that I could defend myself.	The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time	Mark Haddon	unknown
17	01:25	He made a last effort; he tried to rise, and sank back. His head fell on the sofa cushions. It was then ^twenty-five minutes past one o'clock^.	The Moonstone	Wilkie Collins	unknown
18	01:35	Two days later, the chime of his diary woke Merral in the middle of the night. He shook himself and peered at the clock on the diary screen. ^One thirty-five^. An extraordinary time for a message. Has the ship been sighted?	The Dark Foundations	Chris Walley	unknown
19	01:40	March twelfth, ^one-forty am^, she leaves a group of drinking buddies to catch a bus home. She never makes it.	Bones to Ashes	Kathy Reichs	unknown
20	01:44	She knew it was the stress, two long days of stress, and she looked at her watch, ^sixteen minutes to two^, and she almost leaped with fright, a shock wave rippling through her body, where had the time gone?	Trackers	Deon Meyer	unknown
21	01:50	No, she thought: every spinster legal secretary, bartender, and orthodontist had a cat or two-and she could not tolerate (not even as a lark, not even for a moment at ^ten minutes before two AM^), embodying cliché.	Dog	Michelle Herman	unknown
22	01:54	^Six minutes to two^. Janina Mentz watched the screen, where the small program window flickered with files scrolling too fast to read, searching for the keyword.	Trackers	Dean Koontz	unknown
23	02:00	As ^two o'clock^ pealed from the cathedral bell, Jean Valjean awoke.	Les Miserables	Victor Hugo	unknown
24	02:05	At ^2.05^ the fizzy tights came crackling off.	London Fields	Martin Amis	unknown
25	02:15	At ^2.15am^ a policeman observed the place in darkness, but with the stranger's motor still at the curb.	The Shadow Out of Time	H.P. Lovecraft	unknown
26	02:20	^Twenty minutes after two^, on my way to San Diego, listening to some wierd, cacophanous music; no melodic line, no content.	Somewhere in Time (Bid Time Return)	Richard Matheson	unknown
27	02:25	You see it is time: ^2.25am.^ You get out of bed.	Nineteen Eighty-Three: The Red Riding Quartet, Book Four	David Peace	unknown
28	02:30	It is ^2.30am^ and I am tight. As a tick, as a lord, as a newt. Must write this down before the sublime memories fade and blur.	Any Human Heart	William Boyd	unknown
29	02:35	Rorschach's journal: Left Jacob's house ^2:35 a.m.^ He knows nothing about any attempt to discredit Dr. Manhattan. He has simply been used.	Watchmen	Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons	unknown
30	02:40	Miss Conover told investigators that at ^2:40 a.m.^, Officer Martin Willis entered the diner and ordered coffee and donut.	The Andromeda Strain	Michael Crichton	unknown
31	02:45	^0245h.^, Ennet House, the hours that are truly wee.	Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	unknown
32	02:50	When it was ^2:50^ and the bank, too, had not been attacked, it was clear this was not the day of the big coup.	The Locked Room	Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö	unknown
33	02:55	Time to go: ^2.55am.^ Two-handed, Cec lifted his peak cap from the chair.	Downriver	Iain Sinclair	unknown
34	03:00	When Sophie awoke, it was ^3:00 a.m.^	Desperate Characters	Paula Fox	unknown
35	03:05	On the Sunday before Christmas she awoke at ^3:05 a.m.^ and thought: Thirty-six hours. Four hours later she got up thinking: Thirty-two hours.	The Corrections	Jonathan Franzen	unknown
36	03:10	Love again; wanking at ^ten past three^	Love Again	Philip Larkin	unknown
37	03:15	Above the door of Room 69 the clock ticked on at ^3:15^. The motion was accelerating. What had once been the gymnasium was now a small room, seven feet wide, a tight, almost perfect cube.	Manhole 69	JG Ballard	unknown
38	03:20	Prabath Kumara, 16. 17th November 1989. At ^3.20am^ from the home of a friend.	Anil's Ghost	Michael Ondaatje	unknown
39	03:25	It was ^3:25 a.m.^ A strange thrill, to think I was the only Mulvaney awake in the house.	We Were the Mulvaneys	Joyce Carol Oates	unknown
40	03:30	At ^Half past Three^, a single Bird Unto a silent Sky Propounded but a single term Of cautious melody.	At Half past Three, a single Bird	Emily Dickinson	unknown
41	03:35	He could just see the hands of the alarm clock in the darkness: ^3.35 a.m.^ He adjusted his pillow and shut his eyes.	The Dogs of Riga	Henning Mankell	unknown
42	03:40	His bedside clock shows ^three forty^. He has no idea what he's doing out of bed: he has no need to relieve himself, nor is he disturbed by a dream or some element of the day before, or even by the state of the world.	Saturday	Ian McEwan	unknown
43	03:45	Abra did not quiet. The crying was monotonous, maddening, terrifying. When they arrived at Bridgton Hospital, it was ^quarter of four^, and Abra was still at full volume. Rides in the Acura were usually better than a sleeping pill, but not this morning.	Doctor Sleep	Stephen King	unknown
44	03:50	She had used her cell phone to leave several messages on the answering machine in Sao Paulo of the young dentist of the previous evening, whose name was Fernando. The first was recorded at ^ten or five to four in the morning^.	A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions	Peter Robb	unknown
45	03:55	Here in the cavernous basement at ^3.55 a.m.^, in a single pool of light, is Theo Perowne.	Saturday	Ian McEwan	unknown
46	04:00	The Birds begun at ^Four o'clock^ Their period for Dawn	The Birds Begun at Four o'clock	Emily Dickinson	unknown
47	04:05	Leaves were being blown against my window. It was ^4.05am^. The moon had shifted in the sky, glaring through a clotted mass of clouds like a candled egg.	We Were the Mulvaneys	Joyce Carol Oates	unknown
48	04:11	The next morning I awaken at exactly ^eleven minutes after four^, having slept straight through my normal middle-of-the-night insomniac waking at three.	The Stuff of Life	Karen Karbo	unknown
49	04:15	Alice wants to warn her that a defect runs in the family, like flat feet or diabetes: they're all in danger of ending up alone by their own stubborn choice. The ugly kitchen clock says ^four-fifteen^.	Pigs in Heaven	Barbara Kingsolver	unknown
50	04:22	He hurt me to the point where I wanted to tell him something. My watch said ^4.22^ now. It had stopped. It was smashed.	The Ipcress File	Len Deighton	unknown
51	04:25	As I dressed I glanced at my watch. It was no wonder that no one was stirring. It was ^twenty-five minutes past four^.	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	unknown
52	04:30	Jonas rolls painfully out of the hammock, his aching lower back stiff and swollen, in desperate need of a chiropractor. He checks his watch. ^Four thirty^...but is it a.m. or p.m.?	Meg, Primal Waters	Steve Alten	unknown
53	04:35	No manner of exhaustion can keep a child asleep much later than six a.m. on Christmas Day. Colby awoke at ^4:35^.	Dreams and Shadows	C Robert Cargill	unknown
54	04:40	I settled into a daily routine. Wake up at ^4.40am^, shower, get on the train north by ten after five.	Bossypants	Tina Fey	unknown
55	04:45	Daybreak will reveal that one of us has been left alone. He checks the clock on the table next to the bed. The hands glow and register ^4:45 a.m.^	Faceless Killers	Henning Mankell	unknown
56	04:50	Even the hands of his watch and the hands of all the thirteen clocks were frozen. They had all frozen at the same time, on a snowy night, seven years before, and after that it was always ^ten minutes to five^ in the castle.	The 13 Clocks	James Thurber	unknown
57	04:55	^4:55^ - Mank holding phone. Turns to Caddell - 'Who is this?' Caddell: 'Jim.' (shrugs) 'I think he's our man in Cincinnati.'	Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72	Hunter S. Thompson	unknown
58	05:00	The day came slow, till ^five o'clock^. Then sprang before the hills. Like hindered rubies, or the light. A sudden musket spills	The Day Came Slow, Till Five O' Clock	Emily Dickinson	unknown
59	05:05	The baby, a boy, is born at ^five past five in the morning^.	The Namesake	Jhumpa Lahiri	unknown
60	05:10	I settled into a daily routine. Wake up at 4:40am, shower, get on the train north by ^ten after five^.	Bossypants	Tina Fey	unknown
61	05:15	Weird conversation with Brown, a tired & confused old man who's been jerked out of bed at ^5:15^.	Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72	Hunter S Thompson	unknown
62	05:20	If she can keep her speed to seventy until she leaves the turnpike at midtown, and if she catches most of the traffic lights, she estimates she can be at her building by ^five-twenty^.	If it Bleeds	Stephen King	unknown
63	05:25	At ^5:25 a.m.^ the doorbell rings, always an evil omen. I stagger to the intercom and push the button.	The Time Traveler's Wife	Audrey Niffenegger	unknown
64	05:30	On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at ^five-thirty in the morning^ to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on.	Chronicle of a Death Foretold	Gabriel García Márquez	unknown
65	05:35	I squinted at the clock. 'It says ^twenty-five before six^,' I said and rolled away from him.	The Dice Man	Luke Rhinehart	unknown
66	05:40	^Twenty minutes to six^. 'Rob's boys were already on the platform, barrows ready. The only thing that ever dared to be late around here was the train.	The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman	Bruce Robinson	unknown
67	05:45	At ^5:45^ a power-transformer on a pole beside the abandoned Tracker Brothers' Truck Depot exploded in a flash of purple light, spraying twisted chunks of metal onto the shingled roof.	IT	Stephen King	unknown
68	05:50	It was was ^5:50^ when he staggered from the room, heading he knew not where or for how long, but hoping only that whoever had been guiding him lately would not desert him now.	The Princess Bride	William Goldman	unknown
69	05:55	Billy doesn't drive to the parking garage. The parking garage is done. At ^five to six^ he parks on Main Street a few blocks from the Gerard Tower. Plenty of curbside spaces at this hour and the sidewalk is deserted.	Billy Summers	Stephen King	unknown
70	06:00	`and ever since that,' the hatter went on in a mournful tone, `he won't do a thing i ask! it's always ^six o'clock^ now.'	Alice in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll	unknown
71	06:05	A second man went in and found the shop empty, as he thought, at ^five minutes past six^. That puts the time at between 5:30 and 6:05.	The ABC Murders	Agatha Christie	unknown
72	06:10	The bus left the station at ^ten past six^ - and she sat proud, like an accustomed traveller, apart from her father, John Henry, and Berenice.	The Member of the Wedding	Carson McCullers	unknown
73	06:15	Father expected his shaving-water to be ready at ^a quarter past six^. Just seven minutes late, Dorothy took the can upstairs and knocked at her father's door.	A Clergyman's Daughter	George Orwell	unknown
74	06:20	It was ^6:20 a.m.^, and my parents and I were standing, stunned and half-awake, in the parking lot of a Howard Johnson's in Iowa.	Soon I Will Be Invincible	Austin Grossman	unknown
75	06:25	Simon is happy to travel scum class when he's on his own and even sometimes deliberately aims for the ^6.25^. But today the .25 is delayed to 6.44.	The Deaths	Mark Lawson	unknown
76	06:30	Tony gets up at ^six-thirty^, as she always does. West sleeps on, groaning a little. Probably in his dreams he's shouting; sounds in dreams are always louder.	The Robber Bride	Margaret Atwood	unknown
77	06:35	My watch lay on the dressing-table close by; glancing at it, I saw that the time was ^twenty-five minutes to seven^. I had been told that the family breakfasted at nine, so I had nearly two-and-a-half hours of leisure.	Ravensdene Court	J.S. Fletcher	unknown
78	06:40	At eleven o'clock the phone rang, and still the figure did not respond, any more than it has responded when the phone had rung at twenty-five to seven in the morning, and again at ^twenty to seven^	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul	Douglas Adams	unknown
79	06:45	^Six-forty-five^ the shavers buzz and the Acutes line up in alphabetical order at the mirrors, A, B, C, D. . . . The walking Chronics like me walk in when the Acutes are done, then the Wheelers are wheeled in.	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey	unknown
80	06:50	Will, my fiancé, was coming from Boston on ^the six-fifty train^ - the dawn train, the only train that still stopped in the small Ohio city where I lived.	Pretty Ice	Mary Robison	unknown
81	06:55	At ^6:55 am^ Lisa parked and took the lift from the frozen underground car park up to level 1 of Green Oaks Shopping Centre.	What was Lost	Catherine O'Flynn	unknown
82	07:00	Moist groaned. It was ^the crack of seven^ and he was allergic to the concept of two seven o'clocks in one day.	Raising Steam	Terry Pratchett	unknown
83	07:05	Outside my window the sky hung low and gray. It looked like snow, which added to my malaise. The clock read ^five after seven^. I punched the remote control and watched the morning news as I lay in bed.	Dance Dance Dance	Haruki Murakami	unknown
84	07:10	A search in Bradshaw informed me that a train left St. Pancras at ^7.10^, which would land me at any Galloway station in the late afternoon.	The Thirty-Nine Steps	John Buchan	unknown
85	07:15	At ^7:15 A.M.^, January 25th, we started flying northwestward under McTighe's pilotage with ten men, seven dogs, a sledge, a fuel and food supply, and other items including the plane's wireless outfit.	At the Mountains of Madness	H.P. Lovecraft	unknown
86	07:20	And this was my timetable when I lived at home with Father and I thought that Mother was dead from a heart attack (this was the timetable for a Monday and also it is an approximation). ^7.20 a.m.^ Wake up	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
87	07:25	^7.25 a.m.^ clean teeth and wash face	The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time	Mark Haddon	unknown
88	07:30	At ^half-past seven^ the next morning he rang the bell of 21 Blenheim Avenue.	After Rain	William Trevor	unknown
89	07:35	I looked at my watch. ^Seven thirty-five^.	Bare Bones	Kathy Reichs	unknown
90	07:40	^7.40 a.m.^ Have breakfast.	The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time	Mark Haddon	unknown
91	07:45	Contrary to his habit of being late, Pierre on that day arrived at the Bergs' house, not at ten but at ^fifteen minutes to eight^.	War and Peace	Leo Tostoy	unknown
92	07:50	At about ^ten minutes to eight^, Jim had squared the part of the work he had been doing - the window - so he decided not to start on the door or the skirting until after breakfast.	The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists	Robert Tressell	unknown
93	07:55	at ^7.55^ this morning the circus ran away to join me.	Tightrope, from Selected Poems 1967-1987	Roger McGough	unknown
94	08:00	^8.00 a.m.^ Put school clothes on	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
95	08:05	^8.05 a.m.^ Pack school bag	The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time	Mark Haddon	unknown
96	08:10	^8.10 a.m.^ Read book or watch video	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
97	08:20	^Eight-twenty^ the cards and puzzles go out.	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey	unknown
98	08:25	^Eight-twenty-five^ some Acute mentions he used to watch his sister taking her bath; the three guys at the table with him fall over each other to see who gets to write it in the log book.	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey	unknown
99	08:30	The lecture was to be given tomorrow, and it was now almost ^eight-thirty^.	A Confederacy of Dunces	John Kennedy Toole	unknown
100	08:35	Old gummy granny (thrusts a dagger towards Stephen's hand) Remove him, acushla. At ^8.35 a.m.^ you will be in heaven and Ireland will be free (she prays) O good God take him!	Ulysses	James Joyce	unknown
101	08:40	At ^8:40 A.M.^ she was wheeled out on a stretcher headed for Mayo General Hospital, blistered and burned by a tanning bed turned torture chamber.	Pomegranate Soup	Marsha Mehran	unknown
102	08:50	Punctually at ^ten minutes to nine^, a quarter hour after early mass, the boy stood in his Sunday uniform outside his father's door.	The Radetzky March	Joseph Roth	unknown
103	08:55	George pulled out his watch and looked at it: it was ^five minutes to nine^!	Three Men in a Boat	Jerome K Jerome	unknown
104	09:00	^9.00 a.m.^ School assembly	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
105	09:05	^9:05am^ lay in bed, staring at ceiling	A Fraction of the Whole	Steve Toltz	unknown
106	09:10	^9.10am^ lay in bed, staring at wall.	A Fraction of the Whole	Steve Toltz	unknown
107	09:15	^9.15 a.m.^ First morning class	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
108	09:20	At ^twenty minutes past nine^, the Duke of Dunstable, who had dined off a tray in his room, was still there, waiting for his coffee and liqueur.	Uncle Fred in the Springtime	P.G. Wodehouse	unknown
109	09:25	A man I would cross the street to avoid at nine o'clock - by ^nine twenty-five^ I wanted to fuck him until he wept. My legs trembled with it. My voice floated out of my mouth when I opened it to speak.	The Forgotten Waltz	Anne Enright	nsfw
110	09:30	He looked at his watch; it was ^half-past nine^	A Watcher by the Dead	Ambrose Bierce	unknown
111	09:35	^Nine-thirty-five^. He really must be gone. The bird is no longer feeding but sitting at the apex of a curl of razor wire.	The Memory of Love	Aminatta Forna	unknown
112	09:40	Hartmann closed the door of the banqueting hall and stopped to fasten his watch. It was ^twenty minutes to ten^. From the office along the corridor came a faint sound of typing; a telephone rang.	Munich	Robert Harris	unknown
113	09:45	9.15, 9.30, ^9.45^, 10! Bond felt the excitement ball up inside him like cat's fur.	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	Ian Fleming	unknown
114	09:50	^9.50am^. Hmmm. Think will go inspect make-up in case he does come in	Bridget Jones Diary	Helen Fielding	unknown
115	09:55	your punctuality really alarms me. What do I say? punctuality! You, whom I expected last, you arrive at ^five minutes to ten^, when the time fixed was half-past! Has the ministry resigned?	The Count of Monte Cristo	Alexandre Dumas	unknown
116	10:00	^Ten o'clock^ the mail comes up. Sometimes you get the torn envelope.	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey	unknown
117	10:10	^10:10^ Shot is fired.	The Hollow Man	John Dickson Carr	unknown
118	10:25	^10:25^: Phone call from Lüding, very worked up, urging me to return at once and get in touch with Alois, who was equally worked up.	The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum	Heinrich Böll	unknown
119	10:30	^10.30 a.m.^ Break	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
120	10:35	^Five-and-twenty to eleven^. A horrible hour - a macabre hour, for it is not only the hour of pleasure ended, it is the hour when pleasure itself has been found wanting.	Rope	Patrick Hamilton	unknown
121	10:40	^10:40^: Call from Katharina asking me whether I had really said what was in the News.	The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum	Heinrich Böll	unknown
122	10:45	If this is so, we have now to determine what Barker and Mrs. Douglas, presuming they are not the actual murderers, would have been doing from quarter to eleven, when the sound of the shot brought them down, until ^quarter past eleven^...	The Valley of Fear	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	unknown
123	10:50	^10.50 a.m.^ Art class with Mrs Peters	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
124	10:55	The clock was still saying ^five minutes to eleven^ when Pooh and Piglet set out on their way half an hour later.	The House at Pooh Corner	A.A. Milne	unknown
125	11:00	An ending, then. November 11, 1991, at ^eleven o'clock in the morning^, the eleventh hour of the eleventh month. It's a Monday.	The Robber Bride	Margaret Atwood	unknown
126	11:05	^Five past eleven^; less than a quarter of an hour before Amethyst either succeeded or failed	The Infinite Day	Chris Walley	unknown
127	11:10	She backed down the driveway, checked for traffic, and turned toward the turnpike. ^Ten past eleven^. Plenty of time. That's what she thought then.	If it Bleeds	Stephen King	unknown
128	11:15	Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for from the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. Shall be glad if you will come with me. Air and scenery perfect. Leave Paddington by the ^11:15^.	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	unknown
129	11:20	Sweeney pointed to the clock above the bar, held in the massive and indifferent jaws of a stuffed alligator head. The time was ^11.20^.	American Gods	Neil Gaiman	unknown
130	11:25	When, at about ^11.25am^, Katharina Blum was finally taken from her apartment for questioning, it was decided not to handcuff her at all.	The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum	Heinrich Böll	unknown
131	11:30	This time it was Kumiko. The wall clock said ^11.30^.	The Wind-up Bird Chronicle	Haruki Murakami	unknown
132	11:35	At ^11.35^ the Colonel came out; he looked hot and angry as he strode towards the lift. There goes a hanging judge, thought Wormold.	Our Man in Havana	Graham Greene	unknown
133	11:40	During the sessions at Ito he read the Lotus Sutra on mornings of play, and he now seemed to be bringing himself to order through silent meditation. Then, quickly, there came a rap of stone on board. It was ^twenty minutes before noon^.	The Master of Go	Yusunari Kawabata	unknown
134	11:45	^11:45 AM^ - 06/05/2014 More details have emerged in the investigation into the killings at Val-de-Grâce early Wednesday morning.	The Catacombs	Jeremy Bates	unknown
135	11:50	The man who gave them to him handed him a ten-shilling note and promised him another if it were delivered at exactly ^ten minutes to twelve^.	The Adventure of Johnnie Waverley: A Hercule Poirot Story	Agatha Christie	unknown
136	11:55	It was ^11:55 a.m.^ on April 30.	All the President's Men	Bernstein & Woodward	unknown
137	12:00	Roaring ^noon^. In a well-fanned Forty-second Street cellar I met Gatsby for lunch.	The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald	unknown
138	12:05	I could not have committed this crime. Pauline Stacy fell from this floor to the ground at ^five minutes past twelve^...	The Eye of Apollo	G.K.Chesterton	unknown
139	12:10	The child said that it was ^twelve-ten^ and that Gonda was already late. Another child said that maybe the rain had delayed him. Another said, no not the rain, his director was taking a plane from Hollywood.	Enoch and the Gorilla	Flannery O'Connor	unknown
140	12:15	What shall I think of that's liberating and refreshing? I'm in the mood when I open my window at night and look at the stars. Unfortunately it's ^12.15^ on a grey dull day, the aeroplanes are active	A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virgina Woolf	Virginia Woolf	unknown
141	12:20	At ^twenty minutes after twelve^ he got up, resolutely sealed the large brown envelope, put on his raincoat, and walked down to the village. He dug his hands into his pockets and took longer steps.	The Hammer of God	Bo Giertz	unknown
142	12:25	Boys, do it now. God's time is ^12.25^.	Ulysses	James Joyce	unknown
143	12:30	^12.30 p.m.^ Lunch	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
144	12:35	That morning he had appeared at the precise time stated in orders. Everyone else had been waiting five minutes and Colour Sergeant Cork called out the marker just as Trimmer appeared. So it was ^twelve-thirty-five^ when they were dismissed.	Men At Arms	Evelyn Waugh	unknown
145	12:40	A little ormolu clock in the outer corridor indicated ^twenty minutes to one^. The car was due at one-fifteen. Thirty-five minutes: oh, to escape for only that brief period!	Extremely Entertaining Short Stories (The Octave of Jealousy)	Stacy Aumonier	unknown
146	12:45	That Sunday was a picture-book summer day in Maine: clear, bright, warm. At ^a quarter to one^, Ruth McCausland, dressed in a pretty blue summer frock, left her house for the last time.	The Tommyknockers	Stephen King	unknown
147	12:50	So presently Bert was sent up to the top of the house to look at a church clock which was visible therefrom, and when he came down he reported that it was ^ten minutes to one^.	The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists	Robert Tressell	unknown
148	12:55	The inspector glanced at the clock. ^Five to one^. A busy morning.	A Man Lay Dead	Ngaio Marsh	unknown
149	13:00	^1.00 p.m.^ First afternoon class	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
150	13:05	At ^five past one^ Alleyn opened the outer door, knocked his pipe out on the edge of the stone step,and remained staring out on to the drive.	A Man Lay Dead	Ngaio Marsh	unknown
151	13:20	It will take him time to arrive here, see it is ^twenty minutes past one^, and there are yet some times before he can hither come, be he never so quick.	Dracula	Bram Stoker	unknown
152	13:25	I'd really have liked to, I told her, if it weren't for the things I had in the drier. I cast an eye at my watch. ^One-twenty-five^. The drier had already stopped.	Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World	Haruki Murakami	unknown
153	13:30	She was a sticker. A clock away in the town struck ^half past one^.	Brighton Rock	Graham Greene	unknown
154	13:39	And it was now ^1.39pm^ which was 23 minutes after the stop, which mean that we would be at the sea if the train didn't go in a big curve. But I didn't know if it went in a big curve.	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Mark Haddon	unknown
155	13:45	The blow fell at precisely ^one forty-five^ (summer-time). Benson, my Aunt Agatha's butler, was offering me the fried potatoes at the moment, and such was my emotion that I lofted six of them on the sideboard with the spoon.	Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch	P.G. Wodehouse	unknown
156	13:50	The best train of the day was the ^one-fifty^ from Paddington which reached Polgarwith just after seven o'clock.	The Cornish Mystery	Agatha Christie	unknown
157	14:00	At ^two^, the snowplows were in action in Lillestrom.	The Snowman	Jo Nesbo	unknown
158	14:05	...and at ^five past two^ on 17 September of that same unforgettable year 1916, I was in the Muryovo hospital yard, standing on trampled withered grass, flattened by the September rain.	A Country Doctor's Notebook	Mikhail Bulgakov	unknown
159	14:10	He arrived at her house at ^2:10 P.M.^, two videotapes in one hand, and a single bag of uncooked microwave popcorn in the other.	Reprieve	James Han Mattson	unknown
160	14:15	^2.15 p.m.^ Second afternoon class	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
161	14:20	She looked at her watch and it was ^twenty minutes past two^. She had no time to lose but must get ready at once.	A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	unknown
162	14:25	There was a moment today, at ^2:25^, when study hall came suddenly to life. Heads were lifted and cocked as the siren in the belfry of the city hall announced trouble, probably a fire, somewhere in Staggerford.	Staggerford	Jon Hassler	unknown
163	14:30	She looked at her watch: ^half past two^. A few minutes to calm down before she had to go.	The Locked Room	Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö	unknown
164	14:36	I look at my watch. ^Two thirty-six^. All I've got left today is take in the laundry and fix dinner.	The Elephant Vanishes	Haruki Murakami	unknown
165	14:45	He never came down till ^a quarter to three^.	The Diary of a Nobody	George and Weedon Grossmith	unknown
166	14:50	Stands the Church clock at ^ten to three^? And is there honey still for tea?	The Old Vicarage, Grantchester	Rupert Brooke	unknown
167	14:55	The superior, the very reverend John Conmee SJ reset his smooth watch in his interior pocket as he came down the presbytery steps. ^Five to three^. Just nice time to walk to Artane.	Ulysses	James Joyce	unknown
168	15:00	I gotta get uptown by ^three o'clock^.	A Confederacy of Dunces	John Kennedy Toole	unknown
169	15:05	For one moment Ruth could see the bones of the bats standing out clearly, as if in an X-ray picture. Then all the green turned black. It was ^3:05 P.M.^	The Tommyknockers	Stephen King	unknown
170	15:10	This time it was only the simple fact that the hands chanced to point to ^3.10pm^, the precise moment at which all the clocks of London had stopped.	The Purple Cloud	M.P. Shiel	unknown
171	15:15	The strawberry-nosed man glanced over his shoulder, caught Gordon's eye, and moved off, foiled. He had been on the point of slipping Edgar Wallace into his pocket. The clock over the Prince of Wales struck a ^quarter past three^.	Keep the Aspidistra Flying	George Orwell	unknown
172	15:20	When the phone rang at ^three twenty^ I was sprawled out on the tatami, starting at the ceiling. A pool of winter sunlight had formed in the place where I lay. Like a dead fly I lay there, vacant, in a December 1971 spotlight.	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman	Haruki Murakami	unknown
173	15:25	Hmm, let's see. It's a three-line rail-fence, a, d, g...d-a-r-l...Got it: 'Darling Hepzibah' Hepzibah? What kind of name is that? 'Will meet you Reading Sunday ^15.25^ train Didcot-Reading.' Reading you all right, you idiots.	C	Tom McCarthy	unknown
174	15:30	^3.30 p.m.^ Catch school bus home	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
175	15:35	...it didn't inevitably mean she'd still be in such a state when the schoolbus deposited Wolfie back home at ^3:35 P.M.^	I Am No One You Know: Stories	Joyce Carol Oates	unknown
176	15:40	At ^three-forty^, Cliff called to report that Dilworth and his lady friend were sitting on the deck of the Amazing Grace, eating fruit and sipping wine, reminiscing a lot, laughing a little.	Watchers	Dean Koontz	nsfw
177	15:45	Still, with that many acres of old vehicles, his chances looked pretty good. He glaced at his watch - ^3:45 P.M.^	French Creek	Peter Rennebohm	unknown
178	15:50	^3.50 p.m.^ Have juice and snack	The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time	Mark Haddon	unknown
179	15:55	^3.55 p.m.^ Give Toby food and water	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
180	16:00	^4.00 p.m.^ Take Toby out of his cage	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
181	16:05	IT was exactly ^five minutes past four^ as Mr. Robert Audley stepped out upon the platform at Shoreditch, and waited placidly ...	Lady Audley's Secret	Mary Elizabeth Braddon	unknown
182	16:10	^1610h.^ E.T.A Weight room. Freestyle circuits. The clank and click of various resistance systems.	Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	unknown
183	16:15	I remember the dread with which I at ^quarter past four^ Let go with a bang behind me our house front door	False Security	John Betjeman	unknown
184	16:20	^4.20 p.m.^ Watch television or a video	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
185	16:25	As I dressed I glanced at my watch. It was no wonder that no one was stirring. It was ^twenty-five minutes past four^. I had hardly finished when Holmes returned with the news that the boy was putting in the horse.	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	unknown
186	16:30	This afternoon everything is matching up. When the swing shift comes on duty the clock says ^four-thirty^, just like it should.	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey	unknown
187	16:35	The Voice shut itself off with a click, and then reopened conversation by announcing the arrival at Platform 9 of the ^4.35^ from Birmingham and Wolverhampton.	4.50 from Paddington	Agatha Christie	unknown
188	16:45	At ^four-forty-five^ Miss Haddon went to tea with the Principal, who explained why she desired all the pupils to learn the same duet. It was part of her new co-ordinative system.	Co-ordination	EM Forster	unknown
189	16:50	They had all frozen at the same time, on a snowy night, seven years before, and after that it was always ^ten minutes to five^ in the castle.	The 13 Clocks	James Thurber	unknown
190	16:55	About ^five minutes to five^, just as they were all putting their things away for the night, Nimrod suddenly appeared in the house. He had come hoping to find some of them ready dressed to go home before the proper time.	The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists	Robert Tressell	unknown
191	17:00	^5.00 p.m.^ Read a book	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
192	17:05	At approximately ^5:05 p.m.^ Joe became aware of a man standing close to the table, about two metres away, talking in Mandarin into a mobile phone.	Typhoon	Charles Cumming	unknown
193	17:15	^5:15 P.M.^ Yep, Jack Cermak's Corner Tap was the eighth circle of hell. In a gentrifying neighborhood like Logan Square, setting up a sanitized, overpriced bar to look like a cheap small-town dive was just plain sick.	Kitchens of the Great Midwest	J. Ryan Stradal	unknown
194	17:20	If she can keep her speed to seventy until she leaves the turnpike at midtown, and if she catches most of the traffic lights, she estimates she can be at her building by ^five-twenty^.	If It Bleeds	Stephen King	unknown
195	17:30	It was ^half-past five^ before Holmes returned. He was bright, eager, and in excellent spirits, a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression.	The Sign of Four	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	unknown
196	17:33	At ^5:33 p.m.^ there is a blast of two deep, resonant notes a major third apart. On another day there is the same blast at 12:54 p.m. On another, exactly 8:00 a.m.	Varieties of Disturbance	Lydia Davis	unknown
197	17:45	Janice is not waiting for him in the lounge or beside the pool when at last around ^5.45^ they come home from playing the par-5 eighteenth.	Rabbit Is Rich	John Updike	unknown
198	17:55	...as he stood outside and put the shutters up with this own cold hands in despair of further trade. It was ^five minutes to six^.	The Deferred Appointment	Algernon Blackwood	unknown
199	18:00	^6.00 p.m.^ Have tea	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
200	18:05	At about ^five past six^ Piers came in carrying an evening paper and a few books.	A Glass of Blessings	Barbara Pym	unknown
201	18:15	At ^a quarter past six^ he was through with them.	The Photograph	Penelope Lively	unknown
202	18:20	By the time Elliot's mother arrived at ^twenty past six^, Mrs. Sen always made sure all evidence of her chopping was disposed of.	Interpreter of Maladies	Jhumpa Lahiri	unknown
203	18:25	I have this moment, while writing, had a wire from Jonathan saying that he leaves by the ^6.25^ tonight from Launceston and will be here at 10.18, so that I shall have no fear tonight.	Dracula	Bram Stoker	unknown
204	18:30	^6.30 p.m.^ Watch television or a video	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
205	18:35	I swipe for the time with wet thumbs: ^6:35 p.m.^ I'm early. Very early. I'd consider this a good thing if any part of my plan could be called that. I swallow. None of my plan is certain.	Bath Haus	P.J. Vernon	unknown
206	18:40	Amy: What's that? I thought I saw someone pass the window. What time is it? Charles: Nearly ^twenty to seven^.	The Family Reunion	TS Eliot	unknown
207	18:50	It was time to go see the Lady. When we arrived at her house at ^ten minutes before seven o'clock^, Damaronde answered the door.	Boy's Life	Robert R. McCammon	unknown
208	19:00	^7.00 p.m.^ Do maths practice	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
209	19:05	Punctual as always, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan was in the chandeliered lobby of the Hilton at ^7:05 p.m.^, when Jon and Shannon stepped off the elevator.	The Constantine Codex	Paul L. Maier	unknown
210	19:10	A warm breeze came through the window, smelling of freshly cut grass. The landlord was now mowing the patch of green lawn with a push mower. I glanced at my wristwatch. It was ^7:10 p.m.^	The Catacombs	Jeremy Bates	unknown
211	19:15	Cell count down to 400,000. Woke 8:10. To sleep ^7:15^. (Appear to have lost my watch without realising it, had to drive into town to buy another.)	The Voices of Time	JG Ballard	unknown
212	19:20	The pause, we finally concluded, was to allow the other important people to catch up, those who had arrived at 7:10 waiting for those who had arrived at ^7:20^.	Parkinson's Law or the Pursuit of Progress	C Northcote Parkinson	unknown
213	19:25	He picked up his hat and coat and Clarice said hello to him and he said hello and looked at the clock and it was almost ^twenty-five after seven^.	The Evening's at Seven	James Thurber	unknown
214	19:35	^7.35^-40. Yseut arrives at 'M. and S.', puts through phone call.	The Case of the Gilded Fly	Edmund Crispin	unknown
215	19:40	She arrives at ^7.40^, ten minutes late, but the children, Jimmy and Bitsy, are still eating supper and their parents are not ready to go yet. From other rooms come the sound of a baby screaming, water running, a television musical...	The Babysitter	Robert Coover	unknown
216	19:45	Contrary to his habit of being late, Pierre on that day arrived at the Bergs' house, not at ten but at ^fifteen minutes to eight^.	War and Peace	Leo Tostoy	unknown
217	20:10	At ^2010h.^ on 1 April Y.D.A.U., the medical attache is still watching the unlabelled entertainment cartridge.	Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	unknown
218	20:15	^8.15 p.m.^ Get changed into pyjamas	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
219	20:20	^8.20 p.m.^ Play computer games	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
220	20:25	She sat down in her usual seat and smiled at her husband as he sank into his own chair opposite her. She was saved. It was only ^five and twenty past eight^.	The Listerdale Mystery	Agatha Christie	unknown
221	20:30	At ^half past eight^ Millicent Hammitt barged in, without a preliminary knock, to say goodbye.	The Black Tower	PD James	unknown
222	20:35	^8:35pm.^ Found operating instructions under Hello.	Bridget Jones's Diary	Helen Fielding	unknown
223	20:40	The letter had been brought in at ^twenty minutes to nine^.	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	Agatha Christie	unknown
224	20:50	He was, yes, always home from work by ^2050^ on Thursdays.	Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	unknown
225	20:55	Sitting on his bed in the spotless, white-walled room of the disease isolation unit, Merral D'Avanos looked up at the wall clock. It was ^five to nine^.	The Dark Foundations	Chris Walley	unknown
226	21:00	At ^2100^ at night it's cold out.	Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	unknown
227	21:15	^9.15.^ Did Roberts pay you yet?	Ulysses	James Joyce	unknown
228	21:20	^9.20 p.m.^ Have juice and a snack	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
229	21:25	^9:25 p.m.^ Aargh. Suddenly main menu is on TV saying Press 6. Realize was using telly remote control by mistake. Now News has come on	Bridget Jones's Diary	Helen Fielding	unknown
230	21:30	^9.30 p.m.^ Go to bed	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	unknown
231	21:42	Langdon looked at his Mickey Mouse watch. ^9:42 P.M.^	The Lost Symbol	Dan Brown	unknown
232	21:45	But for some unfathomable reason-birth, death, the end of the universe and all things available to man-Cody Menhoff's was closed at ^9:45 PM^ on a Thursday...	Riven Rock	T. C. Boyle	unknown
233	21:53	People did not speak to her in such a manner. Her father was a lawyer. It was ^seven minutes to ten^.	Carrie	Stephen King	unknown
234	22:00	The grandfather clock in the State Room strikes ^ten^ times.	The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet	David Mitchell	unknown
235	22:10	^10.10pm.^ When you turn your recorder on you must adjust clock and the calendar.......Press red and nothing happens. Press numbers and nothing happens. Wish stupid video had never been invented.	Bridget Jones's Diary	Helen Fielding	unknown
236	22:15	^10:15 p.m.^ Aargh Newsnight on in 15 minutes	Bridget Jones's Diary	Helen Fielding	unknown
237	22:30	The time was ^ten-thirty^ but it could have been three in the morning, because along its borders, West Berlin goes to bed with the dark	Smiley's People	John Le Carre	unknown
238	22:35	^10:35 p.m.^ Frantic now. Have rung Sahzzer, Rebecca, Simon, Magda. Nobody knows how to programme their videos. Only person I know who knows how to do it is Daniel.	Bridget Jones's Diary	Helen Fielding	unknown
239	22:45	^10.45pm.^ Oh God Daniel fell about laughing when I said I could not programme video. Said he would do it for me. Still at least I have done best for Mum. It is exciting and historic when one's friends are on TV.	Bridget Jones's Diary	Helen Fielding	unknown
240	22:50	^10.50 P. M.^ This diary-keeping of mine is, I fancy, the outcome of that scientific habit of mind about which I wrote this morning. I like to register impressions while they are fresh.	The Parasite	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	unknown
241	23:00	They didn't even sit down to eat until ^2300h.^	Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	unknown
242	23:05	My watch says ^11:05^. But whether AM or PM I don't know.	Household Worms	Stanley Donwood	unknown
243	23:10	He had not the strength to help himself, and at ^ten minutes past eleven^ no one could have helped him, no one in the world	Appointment in Samarra	John O'Hara	unknown
244	23:20	From Balboa Island, he drove south to Laguna Beach. At ^eleven-twenty^, he parked his van across the street from the Hudston house.	Watchers	Dean Koontz	unknown
245	23:25	OK, Estelle, I willl be at Nice Airport at ^11.25 p.m.^ on Saturday, BA: Could you send the driver?	Other People's Money	Justin Cartwright	unknown
246	23:30	He would catch the night bus for Casablanca, the one that left the beach at ^half past eleven^.	Midnight Mass & Other Stories (The Dismissal)	Paul Bowles	unknown
247	23:35	Then at ^eleven thirty-five^ the door at the rear of the hall opened and a police sergeant and three constables entered, ushered by Bagot.	Hamlet, Revenge!	Michael Innes	unknown
248	23:40	^Twenty minutes before midnight^, before Oliver put an end to the festivities, she gave in to her impulse and texted her son, reminding him of their mutually agreed-upon curfew.	Behind the Lie	Emilya Naymark	unknown
249	23:45	Billy's plan lasts until ^quarter to midnight^. He's been watching some action movie in his underwear, and although the plot is simple-something about a guy seekiong revenge on the man who killed his dog-Billy has lost the thread.	Billy Summers	Stephen King	unknown
250	23:50	At ^11.50pm^, I got up extremely quietly, took my things from under the bed, and opened the door one millimeter at a time, so it wouldn't make any noise.	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Jonathan Safran Foer	unknown