Coffee Quotes - Page 32

• We kiss. Her hands are freezing on my face, and she tastes like coffee and the smell of the onion is still stuck in my nose, and my lips are all dry from the endless winter. And it's awesome.

  John Green

  Winter, Kissing, Hands

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.139, Penguin

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• I need good coffee!" I say in horror. "It's my only luxury!" I can't live with my parents and drink bad coffee. It's not humanly possible. Becky talking about cutting back with her parents.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Cutting, Talking, Luxury

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• Drink your coffee -- people in Africa are sleeping.

  Josh Lanyon

  Sleep, People, Drink

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• [Kenny] leaned back against the counter and studied the other man. “So Dex, how’s come you’re still alive to tell the tale?” Dexter wiped up a small coffee spill, the sat on the stool next to Torie. “All I’m prepared to say is that your sister and I slept together, and, since I compromised her, I intend to marry her.” Torie dropped her forehead and banged it three times against the countertop. “You are such a geek.” “Doesn’t sound like she’s too enthusiastic about it,” Kenny said.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Men, Together, Three

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• I took that smile and I put it right where the hole in my chest was. It was better than coffee, or chocolate, or a perfect pirouette. I clutched it and held it tight.

  Cecil Castellucci

  Perfect, Chocolate, Pirouettes

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• I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away from a man his madness without also taking away his identity? Are we sure it is desirable for a man's spirit not to be at war with itself, or that it is better to be serene and ready to go to dinner than to be excited and unwilling to stop for a cup of coffee, even?

  William Saroyan

  War, Believe, Men

  "Short Drive, Sweet Chariot". Book by William Saroyan, 1966.

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• I need to talk to you. I had a weird dream." "Let me guess. You got tied up by lady ninjas. With big hooters." "Uh, no." I take a sip of coffee and wince. It was ridiculously strong. My grandfather shoves a strip of bacon in his mouth with a grin. "Guess it would have been kind of weird if we'd had the same dream." I roll my eyes. "Well, you'd better not tell me anything else. Don't ruin the surprise in case I have it tonight.

  Holly Black

  Dream, Strong, Eye

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• She probably gave up and started playing Minesweeper." [...] We reached the cafe and found Sydney bent over her laptop, with a barely eaten Danish and what was probably her fourth cup of coffee. We slid into seats beside her. "How's it—hey! You ARE playing Minesweeper!

  Richelle Mead

  Hey, Cafes, Laptops

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• Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only.

  David Mamet

  "Glengarry Glen Ross". www.imdb.com. 1992.

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• I didn't know that, you take your coffee seriously, dont you?' 'Every morning, I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Running, Morning, War

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor”, p.69, Macmillan

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• Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mean, Tables, Orphan

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.135, Penguin

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• Saiman picked up a coffee mug, stared at it, and hurled it against the wall. It shattered into a dozen pieces. We looked at him. “Your date appears to be hysterical,” Rene told me. “You think I should slap some man into him?

  Ilona Andrews

  Wall, Men, Thinking

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.76, Penguin

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• On the way out to the car, Philip turns to me. “How could you be so stupid? I shrug, stung in spite of myself. “I thought I grew out of it.” Philip pulls out his key fob and presses the remote to unlock his Mercedes. I slide into the passenger side, brushing coffee cups off the seat and onto the floor mat, where crumpled printouts from MapQuest soak up any spilled liquid. “I hope you mean sleepwalking,” Philip says, “since you obviously didn’t grow out of stupid.

  Holly Black

  Stupid, Mean, Keys

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• She was carrying two coffees and a donut bag, and right then and there, he fell in love." -Animal Magnetism

  Jill Shalvis

  Animal, Two, Bags

  FaceBook post by Jill Shalvis from May 27, 2012

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• Sydney sighed and stood up, smoothing her rumpled clothes with dismay. ʺI need a coffee shop or something.ʺ ʺI think I saw one in a cave down the road,ʺ I said. That almost got a smile from her

  Richelle Mead

  Thinking, Clothes, Needs

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• He mulled that over. "Sheriff Connally woulda let us shoot 'em." I reached over and took his coffee away from him. "Yep. Lucian probably would have done the job himself, but we're living in more enlightened times." I drained his cup and handed it back with a smile. "Ain't it grand?

  Craig Johnson

  Jobs, Ems, Done

  Craig Johnson (2013). “The Walt Longmire Mystery Series Boxed Set”, p.64, Penguin

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• He sounded harassed more than anything else, like mass home invasion was just something standing between him and morning coffee.

  Rachel Caine

  Morning, Home, Invasion

  Rachel Caine (2006). “Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires”, p.188, Penguin

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• Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee," Wallander said. "No work would be possible without coffee." They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.

  Henning Mankell

  Police Work, Silence, Would Be

  FaceBook post by Henning Mankell from Aug 27, 2011

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• White for Shadowhunters is the color of funerals," Luke explained. “ But for mundanes, Jace, it’ s the color of weddings. Brides wear white to symbolize their purity.” “I thought Jocelyn said her dress wasn’t white,” Simon said. “Well,” said Jace, “I suppose that ship has sailed.” Luke choked on his coffee.

  Cassandra Clare

  Color, White, Funeral

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1371, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes it's not catastrophic. Sometimes you only come to the bottom of your coffee cup. Sometimes you have a good day. No one wants to know. No one wants to tell you about theirs either. You might somehow take it. Turn it against them. See the flaw. You always tell them the whole thing sucks. It keeps you alive. They figure if you're out there having a rotten time, everything's fine and you're doing your part. No one will ever try to take your bad times away from you but they'll come swarming for your happiness.

  Henry Rollins

  Good Day, Trying, Rotten

  Henry Rollins (2005). “Roomanitarian”, 2.13.61

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• Oh- and grab the plastic bag over by my suitcase." I slug down the last of the coffee and get up. The bag contains panty hose. I put them on her desk. "They're for you." "You want me to look homeless, desperate, but also kind of fabulous?

  Holly Black

  Panty Hose, Bags, Looks

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required to finance and equip their large armies. Even more important, Toscans had become inordinately fond of kafay, the rich coffee grown by the Arridi.

  John Flanagan

  Country, Army, Iron

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• What I really want is to sit next to someone under an L.L. bean blanket on the beach in the fall and drink coffee from the same mug. I don't want some rusty '73 Ford Pinto with a factory-defective gas tank that causes it to explode when it's rear-ended in the parking lot of the supermarket. So why do I keep looking for Pintos?

  Augusten Burroughs

  Beach, Fall, Tanks

  "Dry: A Memoir". Book by Augusten Burroughs, June, 2003.

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• I had two cups of coffee, put Eric's jeans in the washer, read a romance for awhile, and studied my brand-new Word of the Day calendar, a Christmas gift from Arlene. My first word of the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.

  Charlaine Harris

  New Year, Years, Jeans

  Charlaine Harris (2005). “Dead to the World”, p.29, Penguin

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• Kim: "What, a coffee? Hollie, I have some bad news. I hate you, okay?" Hollie: "You hate everyone, Kim." Kim: "You're one of everyone.

  Bryan Lee O'Malley

  Hate, Hollies, News

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