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“Well, that’s the nice thing about trees.” Mosscap put its hands on its hips as it looked around. “They’re not going anywhere. You can take all the time you need to get to know them.”
“Coffee—a barbaric drink. That poor, tortured bean. All that fermenting and husking and roasting and grinding. And what is tea? Tea is dried leaves rehydrated. Just add water, Mrs. Strickland. All living things need water.”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
“Would you like an adventure now, or would like to have your tea first?”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“The crack in the tea-cup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.”
― As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks & Other Light Verse
A lane to the land of the dead.”
― As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks & Other Light Verse
“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.”
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“In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea.”
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