Ray BradburyThe zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.
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The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour. This quote is a statement that expresses the importance of being able to think while dressing in the morning. If you have more time to think about what you are doing, you have more time to contemplate more important things. In this case, more time thinking about how you look in the morning.
Source: Fahrenheit 451
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