Tea And Toast Quotes

“Tea and toast were the rule after long-haul flying. It was one of the great mysteries of the universe, that a person could be fed continuously over the course of a twenty-four-hour transit only to arrive at her destination ravenous. Science was also yet to explain the unique humanizing properties of strawberry jam and butter on warm toast.”
― Kate Morton, Homecoming

“Tea & Toast by Stewart Stafford

Let me stop in this lay-by a moment,
That I have tagged - Tea & Toast,
A shimmering oasis frequented often,
A soothing elixir one loves the most.

It's as comforting as a warm bath,
Enjoyed even when wracked with pain,
As welcome as an old friend's smile,
On thundery days of lashing rain.

No matter if the tea is too sweet or burns,
Greasy butter hijacked by sandpaper crumbs,
There shall be no Boston Tea Party here,
Our minuscule parole from routine doldrums.

© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Outside, its a hard frost but a pale blue sky, an the kail an sprouts in the gairden are bairdit wi white. In the wuids a hoodie-craw's cawin, an the hedges are full o cocky wee robins shoutin the odds. The swing o the axe an the crack o splittin sticks lets distant neibours ken ye're up, ye've got throu anither nicht. Then twistin the Southern Reporter inti spirlies, coverin them wi kindlin an coal, an a match ti the fire: the day begins wi a mug o tea an a slice o toast, nithert in the ingle. Ay, Niel Gow's auld tune 'Whisky at Nicht an Dry in the Mornin' has some truth ti't tae.”
― Brian Holton, Ayont the Thistle: A gallimaufry of poetry and prose to mark the centenary (1926 - 2026) of Hugh MacDiarmid's 'A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle'