“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”
― The Importance of Living
― The Importance of Living
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
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“Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.”
― A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith; 2 volume set
― A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith; 2 volume set
“Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”
― The Book of Tea
― The Book of Tea
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