“Every morning I wake up and think good, another 24 hours' pipe-smoking.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
A rare interview with Tolkien (1966) — "Tolkien's shire" by John Ezard, The Guardian (28 December 1991) http://www.theguardian.com/books/1991/dec/28/jrrtolkien.classics
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
Interview in O : The Oprah Magazine (November 2000)
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
Source: The Book Thief
“I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.”
Stephen Fry (1957) English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
Suman Pokhrel (1967) Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist
<span class="plainlinks"> Every Morning http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/every-morning-7/</span> <br class="br">From Poetry
“It is well known that I am available twenty-four hours a day to women astronomers.”
Vera Rubin (1928–2016) American astronomer
As quoted in Jewish Women's Archive https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rubin-vera-cooper
“Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to!”
Dodie Smith book I Capture the Castle
Source: I Capture the Castle
“It is a matter of great shame that the birds wake up in the morning before you.”
Abu Bakr (573–634) First Muslim Caliph and a companion of Muhammad
Abdul Jaleel Qureshi, Hazrat Abu Bakr Nay Farmaya (Ferozesons, 2011), p.65)
Ransom Riggs book Miss Peregrine's Home of Peculiar Children
Source: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011), Chapter 6, Page 139
