“The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay.”

“How many of us have lately taken the time out to look at the sky; marvel at the clouds; smell the flowers; or smelt the fresh scent of rain; bought a stranger a cup of tea or coffee; given our time to help another; or just taken time out to sit and watch people rush hither and tither; said “I love you”; smiled at a complete stranger; joined in with kids from the street to play a game?Sadly, I would have to say….not many.It’s sad….”

“Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where’s your coffee? You’ve got coffee, haven’t you? C’mon, everyone’s got coffee! Spill the beans!”

“Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a full cup of coffee in your hand and you start to sneeze? ”

“Want coffee?” I asked, as I headed that way.”It’s three thirty in the morning.””Okay. Want coffee?”

“A morning coffee is my favorite way of starting the day, settling the nerves so that they don’t later fray.”

“I don’t really like coffee, she said, but I don’t really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either. ”

“Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.”

“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”

“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I’ll be happy for the rest of my fucked up little life.”

“والقهوة يجب أن يقدّمها لك شخصٌ ما. القهوةُ كالوَرْد، فالورد يقدّمه لك سِواك، ولا أحدَ يقدّم ورداً لنفسه. وإن أعددتها لنفسك فأنت لحظتها في عزلة حرة بلا عاشق أو عزيز، غريبٌ في مكانك. وإن كان هذا اختياراً فأنت تدفع ثمن حريتك، وإن كان اضطراراً فأنت في حاجةٍ إلى جرس الباب.”