"Clotho" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Think of infinite matter, and thy portion—how tiny a particle, of it! of infinite time, and thine own brief point there; of destiny, and the jot thou art in it; and yield thyself readily to the wheel of Clotho, to spin of ...
— Marius the Epicurean, Volume One • Walter Horatio Pater
... words of prayer died from her lips, when there came into her chamber the three unerring Fates who spin the destinies of men. White-robed and garlanded, they stood beside the babe, and with unwearied fingers drew out the lines of his untried life. Clotho held the golden distaff in her hand, and twirled and twisted the delicate thread. Lachesis, now sad, now hopeful, with her long white fingers held the hour-glass, and framed her lips to say, 'It is enough.' ...
— Hero Tales • James Baldwin
... own, The voice I heard, marmoreal, strange, remote, As though from yonder throne Clotho had spoken, and the headless throat ...
— A Cluster of Grapes - A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry • Various
... they sought for Cock-eye Flinks. But they never found him, and to this day they have never found him. The Fates having played their pawn, swept it from the board, and Cock-eye Flinks disappeared in Clotho's capacious pocket. ...
— The Eagle's Shadow • James Branch Cabell
... impertinent laws, say I quite heartily; for it is cold and cheerless outside, whereas here within I was perfectly comfortable. None the less I must go, or else be evicted by the constable; so good-night, my sweet; and as for you, Madam Clotho, pray what unconscionable score have ...
— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al |
