"The Hours"

"' But there are still the hours, aren't there? One and then another, and you get through that one and then, my god, there's another. I'm so sick'" (Cunningham, 199).

Time is the most obvious theme in The Hours. This quote shows how frustrating it is to keep going, when everyone knows it doesn't really matter. The tittle of this book is The Hours, which ties directly down to what Richard is saying. (Edit) This quote could passably be the most crucial one in the whole novel because Cunningham added it to add to the books meaning and truth.