“Alarm clocks were invented by fork-tongued devils disguised as gremlins wearing snake masks.”
“Voyagers can remove the masks and those sinuous, intricate disguises we wear at home in the dangerous equilibrium of our common lives.”
“The fork was invented sometime in the fifteenth century, I believe.”“Really?” she asked. “Were you there?”His features blank, he looked up and asked, “What, for the invention of the fork or the fifteenth century?”
“There is no alarm clock like embarassment.”
“He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed.”
“cozy+smell of pancakes-alarm clock=weekend”