“Can’t…
“Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”
“Five…
“Five years next November.”
“He was running…
“He was running down like an overwound clock.”
“So we beat on…
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
“The clock took this moment…
“The clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place.”