Tea Stories
D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture June 24 2025
D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom, I am swallowing the whole universe with it, and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?
Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland June 22 2025
Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I've had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can't take more.”
“You mean you can't take less,” said the Hatter: “it's very easy to take more than nothing.” “Nobody asked your opinion,” said Alice
Douglas Adams June 22 2025
Douglas Adams
A cup of tea would restore my normality
Ann Patchett. Truth and Beauty June 20 2025
Ann Patchett. Truth and Beauty
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go to in your head. It is your imaginary friend that you drink your tea with in the afternoon
Neil Galman. Armageddon June 19 2025
Neil Galman. Armageddon
Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say 'what kind of tea' ?
Douglas Adams. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy June 16 2025
Douglas Adams. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly, he realized what it was. Is there any tea on this spaceship? he asked
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