I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
Fyodor DostoevskyTag: hell individualism selfishness tea irony
When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.
Kenneth GrahameTag: toast tea comfort meals coziness
I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.
Dodie SmithTag: tea honey butter millionaires
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.
Kakuzō OkakuraTag: philosophy tea teaism
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.
Tag: humor tea nonsense more less
We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven't had any tea for a week...
The bottom is out of the Universe.
Tag: world loss universe tea repair
There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.
Lin YutangTag: tea
While there is tea, there is hope.
Arthur Wing PineroMy hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.
Wilkie CollinsTag: toast tea afternoon schedule
The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.
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