It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the the kind of delibrate, annoying ticking that wanted to make it abundantly clear that every tick and every tock was stripping another second off your life.
Terry PratchettGranny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.
Terry PratchettChaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.
Terry Pratchett