“That vague kind of penitence which holidays awaken next morning.”

— Charles Dickens, book The Old Curiosity Shop

Source: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 40

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English writer and social critic and a Journalist 1812–1870

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Married By Morning

“For a young man, sleep is a sure solvent of distress. There whirls not for him in the night any so hideous phantasmagoria as will not become, in the clarity of the next morning, a spruce procession for him to lead. Brief the vague horror of his awakening; memory sweeps back to him, and he sees nothing dreadful after all. "Why not?" is the sun’s bright message to him, and "Why not indeed?"”

Max Beerbohm (1872–1956) English writer

his answer.” Source: Zuleika Dobson http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/zdbsn11.txt (1911), Ch. IV

“If you can't be kind, at least be vague.”

Judith Martin (1938) American etiquette expert

September 1997

“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Source: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

“The world awakens on the run
And will soon be earning
With hopes of better days to come
It's a morning yearning.”

Ben Harper (1969) singer-songwriter and musician

Morning Yearning.
Song lyrics, Both Sides of the Gun (2006)

“Ever since, I have fought a vague kind of battle for some kind of fairness.”

Peter Blake (1932) British artist

Charlotte Higgins, "It was 37 years ago today &ndash; and Sgt Pepper cover has still failed to pay", http://www.guardian.co.uk/thebeatles/story/0,,1230411,00.html The Guardian, 2004-06-03 Sgt. Pepper's cover

“In the morning when you finally go
And the nurse runs in with her head hung low,
And the cardinal hits the window.
In the morning in the winter shade,
On the first of March, on the holiday,
I thought I saw you breathing.”

Sufjan Stevens (1975) American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

"Casimir Pulaski Day"
Lyrics, Illinois (2005)

“The only case in which I can conceive a person having breakfast over night is that he is not likely to have it next morning.”

Charles Bowen (1835–1894) English judge

Borthwick v. The Evening Post, Ltd. (1888), 58 L. T. Rep. (N. S.) 258.

“If the tune stays in my mind the next morning then it means that it has potential! The next step is to throw some chords with the keyboard and record a demo with my voice, which you can then work on quietly.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

From the interview «Carlo Prevale: il DJ che trasmette emozioni con le sue canzoni!» http://www.prevale.net/news-and-releases.html, Corriereinformazione.it Original: (it) [Come nascono le tue song?] Le mie song nascono dal nulla, spontanee, niente di studiato a tavolino, di solito è di notte che l'ispirazione mi porta delle buone idee... magari sono in qualsiasi punto del mio studio e canticchio, canticchio e poi esclamo: "Mmm carino questo motivo...". Se la mattina seguente il motivetto mi rimane in mente allora vuol dire che ha delle potenzialità! Il passo successivo è quello di buttare degli accordi con la tastiera e registrare una demo con la mia voce, sulla quale poi lavorarci tranquillamente. [How are your songs born?] My songs come out of nothing, spontaneous, nothing studied at the table, usually it is at night that inspiration brings me good ideas ... maybe they are anywhere in my studio and I hum, hum and then exclaim: "Mmm cute this reason ... ". Source: From the interview by Federico Valenti, «Carlo Prevale: il DJ che trasmette emozioni con le sue canzoni!», Corriereinformazione.it, August 22, 2010; on Prevale.net http://www.prevale.net/news-and-releases.html.

“Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men;”

Anne Brontë book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XVI : The Warning of Experience; Mrs. Maxwell to Helen
Context: Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

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