The Solid Grounds Coffee Company Quotes

“In all the years he'd read about the Prodigal Son in the Bible, he'd never really cast himself in that role.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“I think you may be a glutton for punishment. No, Ana. I’m just in love with you.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“But his father had been right: he needed to stop fixing things that didn't need fixed, punishing himself for sins that had been forgiven.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“To say that Bittersweet Café was her happy place was perhaps an understatement. In the last two years, Rachel had left behind her high-pressure executive chef job and Melody her dead-end position in a chain bakery, then decided to open their dream restaurant together. The way all the details had come together was downright magical; nowhere in Denver's history had a functional café and bakery materialized in under four months. But Ana had no doubt there had been a healthy measure of divine intervention in the situation. She could feel it in the mood and the atmosphere of this place. Light, welcoming, refreshing. It was no wonder they'd quickly developed a devoted following. They were already in the middle of plans to take over the vacant space in the strip mall beside them and expand to meet their ever-growing demand.
Ana couldn't be prouder.
If she were truthful, she was also a little jealous. She might be good at her job, and she was certainly well paid, but there was an allure to the idea of working with her best friends, being surrounded by delicious food and baked goods. Too bad she had absolutely no culinary talent. Her mom had made sure she could cook rice properly and prepare Filipino dishes like adobong manok and kaldereta, but her skills stopped there. Considering the fat and calorie content of those foods, she'd left her childhood meals behind in favor of an endless stream of grilled chicken or fish over salad.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“The Prodigal Son story was a parable, an illustration of how God welcomed back the lost without holding their past wrongs against them. But what Bryan really could have used right now was what came after the feast, from the lost son's perspective. The father was overjoyed, but no doubt the relatives sided with the older brother, maintaining their skepticism while rumors flew. How did the Prodigal earn back the trust of those who had written him off as a wastrel? How did he prove he'd truly changed and not just crawled home when he hit bottom?
More importantly, did the change actually stick?”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“All that quiet, it gave me a lot of time to reflect on my life and how far I'd strayed from my values, from God. It's easy to creep away one step at a time... and then one day you realize you're calling yourself a Christian, but no one would ever be able to tell the difference.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“Though it was harder to feel lonely when you were busy.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“For a moment, he considered letting her win, but he knew that would irritate her more than
losing.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“The only one who expects you to be perfect is you”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“I figured if I kept my standards high—unreasonably high—there was no way I could
make a mistake like that again. I’d rather be alone than wrong. And that’s a lonely way to live”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“I realized it wasn’t so much that I wanted those things; it was that I knew I would never find them. I was holding out for the perfect so I didn’t have to deal with the real.”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company

“You make coffee look sexy."

- Bryan Shaw from The Solid Grounds Coffee Company”
― Carla Laureano, The Solid Grounds Coffee Company