If you can't sit in a cafe quietly and be ignored, how can…

“what use was it to observe the human species and try to understand it? Their rules were fathomless and no more fixed than the…

— Sarah Perry

“The silver knives are flashing in that tired old cafe...”

— Leonard Cohen

When I'm gone, you'll be sitting in a cafe and say, "Do you remember Agnes?"

— Agnes Denes

I've grown so accustomed to my life in L.A., going to a Coffee Bean or getting breakfast at Kings Road Cafe. I've seen a…

— Maz Jobrani

I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe -…

— Anne Wojcicki

I did sketch comedy with a troupe at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

— Selenis Leyva

My mum and dad ran a family cafe in Sligo for 35 years and worked long hours. We grew up in a very hard-working…

— Shane Filan

If you want to know how old you look, just walk into a French cafe. It's like a public referendum on your face.

— Pamela Druckerman

A girl came in the cafe and sat by herself at a table near the window. She was very pretty with a face fresh…

— Ernest Hemingway

Our favourite restaurant, cafe, noodle joint or eating house is always there for us when we need them, from morning coffee to major milestone,…

— Melissa Leong

“It was the same Dimitri from long ago, the fierce one who was willing to risk his life for what was right. I almost…

— Richelle Mead

When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really relax me…

— King Krule

My main home is in Morecambe Bay on a little island called Roa, where there are 13 houses, a lifeboat station, a boat club…

— Dave Myers

Cafe society is as old as the hills. Starbucks and its imitators are the coffee face of the new man in a hurry.

— Ian Anderson

If it's a healthy day, I'll head to the gym, then have a steak salad at the cafe next door.

— Steph McGovern