Cups Quote by Kate Zambreno

The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke.

— Arundhati Roy

She smelled of cigarettes and sadness

— Me

“She hoped Smoke was wrong about people being unknowable. She hoped that she could crack herself open like a nut and know herself, at…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

“Smokers always waxed poetic about the ritual of it, how a large part of the satisfaction was packing the box and pulling the foil…

— Lauren Weisberger

“She put a cigarette in her mouth and lit it, tasting the familiar taste of nicotine, smoke, and impending lung cancer. It felt good.…

— Mike Omer

“Rachel released her grip on the handle of her suitcase (trolley-style, thank God, given the weight of the thing) and fished around her pockets…

— K.R. Griffiths

“Focusing more on the ritual of her smoking, I urged, 'Explain to me more about taking in the smoke deeply, holding it until you…

— David Bedrick

Flannery craved a cigarette. Her nerves were so tense that only nicotine could soothe them, and for the first time, she genuinely understood how…

— Sylvia Brownrigg

[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention,…

— Margaret Cho

“is easiest. Consider a smoker who wants to quit. She needs to recognize the first sign of a craving, and where it’s likely to…

— Kelly McGonigal

“cigarettes before climbing out onto the fire escape for her monthly ritual. With a shaky hand, she flicked her lighter to life and lit…

— Jez Strider

“The smoke from her cigarette passed beneath the nostrils of the brown and white girls, and their space-annihilating concupiscence seemed centered on mentholated smoke…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr