Tea Stories
Muriel Barbery. The Elegance of the Hedgehog June 13 2025
Muriel Barbery. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a feel of infinity in a single moment?
Lin Yutang. The Importance of Living June 11 2025
Lin Yutang. The Importance of Living
There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life
Henry James June 10 2025
Henry James
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea
Theodore Roosevelt. In a letter dated 1912 June 10 2025
Theodore Roosevelt. In a letter dated 1912
My experience convinced me that tea was better than brandy, and during the last six months in Africa, I took no brandy, even when sick, taking tea instead
Audrey Hepburn June 09 2025
Audrey Hepburn
When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over
Royal S. Copeland. Times for Tea June 07 2025
Royal S. Copeland. Times for Tea
The most trying hours in life are between four o'clock and the evening meal. A cup of tea at this time adds a lot of comfort and happiness
Charles Dickens June 06 2025
Charles Dickens
My dear, if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head, I should better understand your affairs. And we had the tea - and the affairs too
Monty Python June 03 2025
Monty Python
Make Tea, not war
James Norwood Pratt June 02 2025
James Norwood Pratt
Tea to satisfy our cravings. Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty
From The Minister of Leaves June 01 2025
From The Minister of Leaves
Enjoy life sip by sip, not gulp by gulp
Rev. Sydney Smith May 31 2025
Rev. Sydney Smith
I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time
Anonymous May 30 2025
Anonymous
Love and Scandal are the best sweeteners of tea
Old Chinese Saying May 30 2025
Old Chinese Saying
Kissing is like drinking tea through a tea strainer - you're always thirsty afterwards
Ancient Chinese Proverb May 28 2025
Ancient Chinese Proverb
Tea sustains us. Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one
Abraham Lincoln May 27 2025
Abraham Lincoln
If this is coffee, then bring me tea; but if this is tea, then please bring me some coffee
Frances Hardinge May 26 2025
Frances Hardinge
Tea is the magic key to the vault where my brain is kept
Alan Clark May 24 2025
Alan Clark
There are few things nicer than sitting up in bed, drinking a nice strong cup of tea, and reading.
E.M. Forster May 23 2025
E.M. Forster
While her lips talked about culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea
The Diary of Virginia Woolf May 22 2025
The Diary of Virginia Woolf
1919... and even a tea party means apprehension, breakage
Christine Feehan. Hidden Currents May 21 2025
Christine Feehan. Hidden Currents
Before Elle had come into his life, he didn't even know what tea was. Now it was a staple. Worse, he actually knew the differences in teas
James Boswell in The London Journal 1762-1763 May 20 2025
James Boswell in The London Journal 1762-1763
I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy
William Faulkner May 18 2025
William Faulkner
The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies
Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Peter Rabbit May 16 2025
Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Peter was not very well during the evening. His Mother put him to bed and made some chamomile tea. She read the label which said one table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime
Tahereh Mafi. Destroy Me. May 14 2025
Tahereh Mafi. Destroy Me.
Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to stay awake throughout the day. Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting show of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam rising from the teapot shawl
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