I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still…

John Kennedy Toole
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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 (2004). A Confederacy of Dunces, p.149, LSU Press
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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 (2004). A Confederacy of Dunces, p.149, LSU Press

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