Quote by Alice McDermott

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

— Erin Morgenstern

“She walked over while he poured her a mug and even added the right amount of sugar. It did funny things to her heart…

— Natalie Herzer

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

— Anonymous

“The tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend it was anything but tea.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“tea. He watched her while she made it, made it, of course, all wrong: the water not on the boil, the teapot unheated, too…

— Graham Greene

“Pouring tea was just what she needed right now. Such a civilizing force, tea. She would nip sugar with little silver tongs. Stir milk…

— Tessa Dare

“She believed that, in an ideal world, the working class would rule the country, but she had no particular desire to ask any of…

— John Mortimer

“There was not enough tea in the world to make it bearable.”

— Tarun Shanker

“She pulled out a Ziploc bag from the drawer in the kitchen and dropped a few pieces of glass into the red plastic cup.”

— Nako

“She found it sinful and expensive to have sugar in her tea, although she herself never spent a penny on anything.”

— Ivan S. Turgenev

“There was a glass-fronted cabinet opposite, filled with plates on display stands and teacups with so many curlicues it was a wonder you could…

— Patrick Ness

“No, she did not want to go to hospital. Yes, she would like a cup of tea. Only then did she begin to think…

— Stieg Larsson