Norton Juster Quote
I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit. The Humbug dropped his needle and stared in disbelief while Milo and Tock began to back away slowly. Don't try to leave, he ordered, with a menacing sweep of his arm, for there's so very much to do, and you still have over eight hundred years to go on the first job. But why do only unimportant things? asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. Think of all the trouble it saves, the man explained, and his face looked as if he'd be grinning an evil grin - if he could grin at all. If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you'll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult. You just won't have the time. For there's always something to do to keep you from what you really should be doing, and if it weren't for that dreadful magic staff, you'd never know how much time you were wasting.
I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit. The Humbug dropped his needle and stared in disbelief while Milo and Tock began to back away slowly. Don't try to leave, he ordered, with a menacing sweep of his arm, for there's so very much to do, and you still have over eight hundred years to go on the first job. But why do only unimportant things? asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. Think of all the trouble it saves, the man explained, and his face looked as if he'd be grinning an evil grin - if he could grin at all. If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you'll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult. You just won't have the time. For there's always something to do to keep you from what you really should be doing, and if it weren't for that dreadful magic staff, you'd never know how much time you were wasting.
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