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The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.
Sep 10, 2025
I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.
Every time I see some piece of medical research saying that caffeine is good for you, I high-five myself. Because I'm going to live forever.
Certainly the caffeine in coffee, whether it's Starbucks or generic coffee, is somewhat of a stimulant. But if you drink it in moderation, which I think four or five cups a day is, you're fine.
Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?
Decaffeinated coffee is kind of like kissing your sister.
There is no such thing as sleep deprivation, there is only caffeine deficiency.
Coffee makes us severe, and grave and philosophical.
Given enough coffee I could rule the world
If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.
Way too much coffee. But if it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever.
I don't usually drink caffeine so that when I need it, it actually does something.
He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something.
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC
A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose in peace to drink my coffee.
Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.
Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.
Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.
I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.
Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.
Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair. And the green freedom of a cockatoo Upon a rug mingle to dissipate The holy hush of ancient sacrifice
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
Recently I quit caffeine. My doctor seems to think that 17 Diet Cokes per day is too much. In case you ever consider getting off caffeine yourself, let me explain the process. You begin by sitting motionlessly in a desk chair. Then you just keep doing that forever because life has no meaning.
It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
Coffee in England is just toasted milk.
Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.
It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.
Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence.
I think if I were a woman I'd wear coffee as a perfume.
Sleep is just a symptom of caffeine lack
Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep.
Caffeine dehydrates the brain and body.
If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.
By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I commend you for falling into my trap. It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of his books. It goes back to authors being terrible people who delight in the suffering of others. Plus, we get a kickback from the caffeine industry.
The coffee was boiling over a charcoal fire, and large slices of bread and butter were piled one upon the other like deals in a lumber yard.
Drink it,” I told her. “It’s good for what ails you. Caffeine and sugar. I don’t drink it, so I ran over to your house and stole the expensive stuff in your freezer. It shouldn’t be that bad. Samuel told me to make it strong and pour sugar into it. It should taste sort of like bitter syrup.” She gave me a smile smile, then a bigger one, and plugged her nose before she drank it down in one gulp. “Next time," she said in a hoarse voice, “I make the coffee.
I used to drink tons of caffeine. Now I make smoothies with frozen berries and Green Vibrance health powder.
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do - the actual act of writing - turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.
I'd listen to things that felt really good in the moment and realize they were clouded by enthusiasm or caffeine. And things that I was struggling to get out ended up being really compelling. It's an emotional roller coaster; there's exhilaration and there's shame.
I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
I'm a really skinny guy, I'm real tall, and I have a very high metabolism, so if I drink anything with caffeine in it, it makes me have an anxiety attack. So I can't do coffee, or cola, or coffee ice cream, or any of those things. They make me feel like I'm going berserk.
Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.
I have an addiction to caffeine.
I'm active even on bad days; it's tough to pin me down. People ask me if I'm a morning or night person. I'm an all-the-time person. I like drinking coffee, but I do it with lots of milk because my energy levels are high even without caffeine. You could call me Obelix, except I don't have a belly.