Cup of tea Quote by Adam Croft

“What on earth did I ask him to tea for!” he said to himself, as he went to the pantry.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest room in the house.”

— Flora Thompson

“Oh my dear fellow...should you not be askind, 'Would the tea like the cup?”

— Oscar Wilde

“I am a tea, he thought. I am some kind of tea. And I have wishes.”

— Patrick Somerville

“Well, then, we may as well find somewhere to have tea. After spiritual comes bodily refreshment.”

— Barbara Pym

“I read the tea leaves as if they were words left over from a conversation between two cups.”

— Anonymous

“His guests found it fun to watch him make tea -- mixing careful spoonfuls from different caddies.”

— James Hilton

“Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass?”

— Julie Kagawa

“Before dinner I had tea with Mrs. Visser. Her conversation is even more tepid than her tea.”

— Hendrik Groen

“When she is unable to avoid the matter further, she makes a pot of tea.”

— Erin Morgenstern

“Can I make it up to you? Coffee? Tea? Me?”

— Tiffany Reisz

“Tea is slow. In growing. In drinking. In enjoying. It makes sense. Good things take time.”

— Lu Ann Pannunzio