Tea lovers have a strong tendency to also be book lovers. What could be more relaxing than a pot of tea and a good story? The two make great companions. So we thought we would take some time to share what a few favorite authors have to say about tea. Start steeping a pot of Blanc de Blueberry or Assam Sessa and enjoy!
- “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” –C.S. Lewis
- “I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” –Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground
- “My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.” –Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
- “Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can’t take more.”
“You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
“Nobody asked your opinion,” said Alice.” –Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland - “A cup of tea would restore my normality.” –Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Screenplay
- “Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.” –Ann Patchett, Truth and Beauty
- “Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘what kind of tea?” –Neil Gaiman
- “Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they’re freaked out: drinking tea.” –Rachel Hawkins, Demonglass
- “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?” –Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of a Hedgehog
- “There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” –Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
Do you have any favorites? Maybe this will lead you to check out a new author and a book you have never read before. In any case, we hope you enjoyed these. Stop back again sometime for more inspiration to go with your cup of tea.