I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.
- James ThurberBig Ben . . . hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.
- Jane BirkinWords want to find chimes with each other, things want to connect.
- Amy Butler