Cup of tea Quote by Barbara Pym

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

— Oscar Wilde

“No tea for the feeble, no crepe for the dead.”

— Gilbert King

“Tea was sucha comfort.”

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

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

— Anonymous

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

— Patrick Somerville

“Quite a merry gathering!...What's that? Tea! No thank you! A little red wine, I think for me.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“There’s a distinct bitter aftertaste of Lady’s Gown in the tea, and I welcome it. Anything to sleep without dreaming.”

— Cat Hellisen

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

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Hae you got everything you need in the shape of-of tea?”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

— Barbara Pym

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

— James Hilton

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

— Frances Hodgson Burnett