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

Agony May 13 2025

Agony
There is a special name for what happens when tea leaves uncurl as boiling water is poured over them, it is called the agony of the leaves. Oh, poor little tea leaves

Happiness May 11 2025

Happiness
They say you can't buy happiness, but you can buy tea, and that's about the same thing

Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White) May 09 2025

Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White)
My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody

Lin Yutang. The Importance of Living May 07 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

Ann Patchett May 05 2025

Ann Patchett
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon

Rachel Hawkins. Demonglass May 05 2025

Rachel Hawkins. Demonglass
Quoting the significance of tea to the Brits, she said: “Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they are freaked out: drinking tea

Keo Ozura. The Book of Tea May 03 2025

Keo Ozura. The Book of Tea 
Tea is a religion of the art of life