“When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment?”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”
― The Portrait of a Lady
― The Portrait of a Lady
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