“The suicide hour of cold coffee and alien voices on the radio.”
“His eyes were cold and brown — like coffee stains…”
“Tea is certainly as much of a social drink as coffee, and more domestic, for the reason that the teacup hours are the family hours."”
“There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women...”
“It was suicide. Others killed themselves with poison or with a revolver. I killed myself with minutes and hours.”
“If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage”