“I used to think of that line in Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', about the 'sad cup of coffee'... I have had cold coffee and hot coffee and lousy coffee, But I've never had a sad cup of coffee.”

“Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.”

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”

“I just want a hot cup of coffee, black, and I don’t want to hear about your troubles.”

“Passing through the utility section [Ivy] considered getting herself a cup of coffee. Then she felt shock and shame over the fact that she was thinking about coffee while her planet was being set on fire. Then she poured herself a cup of coffee anyway and stepped into the Farm.”

“What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.”

“Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety.”

“Coffee isn't my cup of tea.”

“Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.”

“At the rate things are going here, all of Africa will be free before we can get a lousy cup of coffee.”