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“Tea is her answer to everything. I once broke my arm and she tried to give me Lapsang Souchong”
― Reticence
― Reticence
“There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern. Nothing”
― The Sabbath
― The Sabbath
“To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.”
― Reflections on the Revolution in France
― Reflections on the Revolution in France
“It's unbelievable really, the reviving power of a hot bath, a cup of tea and a roaring fire.”
― S.T.A.G.S
― S.T.A.G.S
“I pass by cottages with candles glowing in windows, rocking chairs on front porches where people sit with large books on their laps drinking steaming cups of golden milk or tea that smells of chamomile and night jasmine. The entire place feels like a storybook, an old world frozen in time.”
― Long Live the Pumpkin Queen
― Long Live the Pumpkin Queen
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