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Life is Like Coffee

Filed Under: Reflections · March 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment ·

Not everyone loves coffee. But for some of us, to drink a good cup of coffee is one of life’s great joys.

Perhaps we can’t say, as T.S Elliot once did:

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

But all of us who share a passion for coffee follow a rich historical tradition!  Here are just a few examples:

Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure. ( Napoleon Bonaparte)

Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine! (Coffee Cantata, J.S. Bach)

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle. (Honoré de Balzac)

I love my coffee! :)

So for all of my fellow coffee-lovers out there, here is a great little inspirational video: Life is Like Coffee

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The Chase
3 of 5 stars
The Chase
by Janet Evanovich
The Heist
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The Heist
by Janet Evanovich
Vanish in Plain Sight
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Vanish in Plain Sight
by Marta Perry
Eat Me
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Eat Me
by Agnès Desarthe
Odd One Out
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Odd One Out
by Monica McInerney

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