I’ll sleep when I’m dead! is my all-time favorite quote about coffee. Some other goodies, culled from The Devil’s Cup by Stewart Lee Allen.
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as Death and sweet as love. -Turkish Proverb
One need only compare the violent coffee-drinking societies of the West to the peace-loving tea drinker of the Orient to realize the pernicious and malignant effect that bitter brew has upon the human soul. -Hindu dietary tract
In a coffee house just now among the rabble I bluntly asked, which is the treason table.-Malone, 1618
I have tried to show the cafe as a place where one can go mad.-Vincent Van Gogh
What do you call a large, low-fat latte made with decaf espresso? A tall-skinny-why bother.-Grafitti in Brooklyn Cafe
Sleep? Isn’t that some inadequate substitute for caffeine?-Random Internet Message Board
