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1 " And Matt's passion fueled Breanne's emotional recovery. Giddily soaking up her groom's repeated, ardent kisses, the usually restrained, ultra-cool sophisticate was feeling no pain, laughing and animated and uncaring that her exquisite Italian silk creation had been stained like a macchiato. ...she wore the espresso like a badge of honor-- even insisted more photos be taken with the damaged tray and the spattered gown. "
― Cleo Coyle , Espresso Shot (Coffeehouse Mystery, #7)
2 " Instead of shutting ourselves off in fear, becoming victims—part of the problem—we became a solution. "
― Cleo Coyle , Billionaire Blend (Coffeehouse Mystery, #13)
3 " He'd followed in the footsteps of a man who knew the way. "
― Cleo Coyle , Holiday Grind (Coffeehouse Mystery, #8)
4 " Read with joy! "
― Cleo Coyle
5 " Real gold doesn't start its journey in a display window at Tiffany. It's dug out of the dirty earth. Sometimes true gold doesn't glitter. It may need a little polishing, but don't let that bit of needed patience or effort trick you into discarding what could be the greatest treasure of your life. "
6 " The perfectly measured burr of a dispassionate detective had suddenly changed into the explosive boom of a take-no-shit street cop.Suffice it to say, I froze. "
― Cleo Coyle , On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)
7 " There comes an age in life when you realize that blaming and regretting are a waste of precious time. "
― Cleo Coyle , Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mystery, #4)
8 " Annabelle, I'm going to kill you!" I cried, frowning at the mess. Then I glanced down the stairway and gasped.It looked like someone had beaten me to it. "
9 " Survive everything. And do it with style. "
― Cleo Coyle , Murder by Mocha (Coffeehouse Mystery, #10)
10 " If a woman's going into battle, she's got to have the proper footwear. "
― Cleo Coyle , Once Upon a Grind (Coffeehouse Mystery, #14)
11 " Coffee makes a sad man cheerful, a languorous man active, a cold man warm, a warm man glowing. It awakens mental powers thought to be dead, and when left in a sick room, it fills the room with a fragrance…. The very smell of coffee terrorizes death. "
12 " We all have threads in our lives, continuous strands that reach back years, decades, entire lifetimes. The threads are what help define who we are. "
13 " As the 1902 coffee almanac put it, 'When coffee is bad it is the wickedest thing in town; when good, the most glorious. "
14 " Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. —Will Rogers "
― Cleo Coyle , The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller (Haunted Bookshop Mystery, #6)
15 " If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. —Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs "
16 " (an inevitable truth of life: Not every foodie memory is a good foodie memory). "
17 " I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” —T. S. ELIOT, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock "
18 " No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home. —L. FRANK BAUM, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ "
― Cleo Coyle , Dead to the Last Drop (Coffeehouse Mystery, #15)
19 " Blackness was not the whole of it. “There are bright points of light—so many!—between the dark places. This is what’s important. This is where life is. "
20 " I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake. —LEWIS BLACK "
― Cleo Coyle , Brewed Awakening (Coffeehouse Mystery, #18)
