“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism” is a one-line coffee saying that has been printed on many images. American author Abigail Reynolds wrote in Pemberley by the Sea: A Modern Love Story, Pride and Prejudice Style (2008):
“He made no move to greet her, and she turned back to Ed as she set the book on table. ‘You know me too well, Ed. I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.’ There were enough unhappy endings in real life.”
Wikipedia: Abigail Reynolds
Abigail Reynolds is an American author and physician. She is best known as the author of Jane Austen-inspired novels in the Pemberley Variations series as well as modern novels set on Cape Cod.
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Pemberley by the Sea:
A Modern Love Story, Pride and Prejudice Style
By Abigail Reynolds
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark
2008
Pg. 28:
He made no move to greet her, and she turned back to Ed as she set the book on table. “You know me too well, Ed. I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.” There were enough unhappy endings in real life.
Pg. 244:
“I thought you liked your coffee with cream and your literature with optimism.”
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“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.”
― Abigail Reynolds, Pemberley by the Sea
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