“I only count the hours that shine.”
“An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example of that - Count Leo Tolstoy.”
“Shall we make a positive appointment for a particular day and hour?" inquired the count; "only let me warn you that I am proverbial for my punctilious exactitude in keeping my engagements.”
“Those nights when the future seemed to last only till the morning and he would count off the hours, one by one, by the chimes of distant church bells.”
“Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.”
“Experience counts for something. I count with my fingers. I could count on you, but you’ve only got one finger for me (the middle one).”