Alice

“Tea ... is a religion of the art of life.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

“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?”
― Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture

“Tea. I find that both settles the stomach and concentrates the mind. Wonderful drink, tea.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea.”
― Lu T'ung