Warning: This is very nerdy. Literary nerdy.

It’s called the Literature Clock, and it works like this. Rather than glancing at your watch or phone, go to this website – https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com – and you’ll get the time expressed in a quote (usually from some obscure book and author). For example, I’m writing this at 3:59 p.m., and this is the quote that just came up:

“He looked at his watch: it was nearly 4. He helped Delphine to her feet and led her down a passage to a rear door that gave on to the hospital garden.” – The Blue Afternoon, by William Boyd