He’s crazy,” Bruno said, twirling a finger in circles around the side of his head and whistling to indicate just how crazy he thought he was. “He went up to a cat on the street...

But when we consider how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained to the dregs in our quenchless thirst for infinity, we shall not blame...

Tea no more! Down with bustles!

You weren’t to know how your touch with the teaspoon stirred me…

nothing helped tea. It simply was what it was, which was boiling hot and flavorless.

You can kill me when I no longer enjoy a cup of tea

Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat ’round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and recriminations, the noise, as Wendy said, was postiviely deafening.

I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.

Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged swordKit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events)

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.

I read the tea leaves as if they were wordsleft over from a conversation between two cups.

Goblin tea resembles a nice cup of Earl Grey in much the same way that a catfish resembles the common tabby. They share a name, but one is a nice thing to curl up with...

So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants.

I don’t want tea,” said Clary, with muffled force. “I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her in the first place, and I want to kill them.””Unfortunately,”...

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

Good. Drink your tea,” he ordered. “It will make you feel better.”Nothing will make me feel better, she thought, but she drank it down. It was hot and sweet. Mr. Humphreys must have put his...

But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.

Presently, out from the wrappings came a teapot, which caused her to clasp her hands with delight, for it was made in the likeness of a plump little Chinaman … Two pretty cups with covers,...

Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘what kind of tea?

The passion of steeped leaves and stewed broth is a philter that triumphs in our veins. It is our heritage, it is our religion, it is the glory of our being. It is our honour...

Come oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones — the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically.

Not tea but blood!

So the small things came into their own: small acts of helping others, if one could; small ways of making one’s own life better: acts of love, acts of tea, acts of laughter. Clever people...

I always wanted to host a show, throw whipped-cream pies. Theater is not my cup of tea.

The waitress brought a fresh pot of tea, and Marty refilled his father’s cup and poured a cup for Samantha. Henry in turn filled Marty’s. It was a tradition Henry cherished—never filling your own cup,...

I can just imagine myself sitting down at the head of the table and pouring out the tea,” said Anne, shutting her eyes ecstatically. “And asking Diana if she takes sugar! I know she doesn’t...

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...

Fidelity is a living, breathing entity. On wobbly footing, it can wander, becoming something different entirely.

…Tea. There is nothing saner than tea, he thought. … Tea was the great leveler. It brought calm, quiet, contentment, warmth. And it was something to do. …..Tea– so normal, so mundane, so hot……The heat...

My flat’s about half a mile away, and you know what I’d like most of all in the world? I’d like a cup of tea. Come on, let’s go and put the kettle on.