Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You
know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on
your wall or the dash of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a
time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is
ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do
not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone
chimes the hour, and because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing
fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out. -M.A:
The Time Keeper