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“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.”
Source : Abigail Reynolds (2010). “Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist”, p.27, Sourcebooks, Inc.
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“Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.”
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“Without coffee something’s missing”
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“For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.”
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“And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn't come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and pavement cafes. To enjoy just being somewhere, rather than rushing from somewhere, to somewhere. Inhaling deep lungfuls of air, instead of my usual shallow breaths. I take a moment to just stop and look around me. And smile to myself. For the first time in a long time, I can, quite literally, smell the coffee.”
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“The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (2010). “When God Steps In: Divine Resources for Life's Situations”, p.4, Moody Publishers
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“Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back,”
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“Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and Âirritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.”
Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by A.L. Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010. 
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“We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score.”
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“I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.”
