On What Grounds Quotes

“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

“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.”
― Cleo Coyle, On What Grounds

“When coffee is bad it is the wickedest thing in town; when good, the most glorious.”
― Cleo Coyle, On What Grounds

“As the 1902 coffee almanac put it, 'When coffee is bad it is the wickedest thing in town; when good, the most glorious.”
― Cleo Coyle, On What Grounds

“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” —T. S. ELIOT, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
― Cleo Coyle, On What Grounds

“Character can’t be taught. You’re reliable or you’re not. You do what you say you’re going to, or you don’t.”
― Cleo Coyle, On What Grounds

“freeway”
― Cleo Coyle, On What Grounds

“Cold rain streaked the dark gray stone, trickling like tears down its smooth blank face.”
― Cleo Coyle, On What Grounds