I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality. ― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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Time is the longest distance between two places. ― Tennessee Williams

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A morning coffee is my favorite way of starting the day, settling the nerves so that they don't later fray. ― Marcia Carrington

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How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some floats flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature! ― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

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The longest road out is the shortest road home. — Irish Proverb

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Less is more. You should wear earrings or bracelets, but not both.

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Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

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Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs. ― Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count! ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

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Morning without you is a Morning dawn. ― Emily Dickinson

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