Kait Nolan > Kait's Quotes

“In darkness there is death.”
― Bob Mayer

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
― J.K. Rowling

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“A cup of tea would restore my normality."

[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Screenplay]”
― Douglas Adams

“In Ireland, you go to someone's house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you're really just fine. She asks if you're sure. You say of course you're sure, really, you don't need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting. You don't need a ting. Well, she says then, I was going to get myself some anyway, so it would be no trouble. Ah, you say, well, if you were going to get yourself some, I wouldn't mind a spot of tea, at that, so long as it's no trouble and I can give you a hand in the kitchen. Then you go through the whole thing all over again until you both end up in the kitchen drinking tea and chatting.

In America, someone asks you if you want a cup of tea, you say no, and then you don't get any damned tea.

I liked the Irish way better.”
― C.E. Murphy, Urban Shaman

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”
― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living

“For me starting the day without a pot of tea would be a day forever out of kilter.”
― Bill Drummond, $20,000: A Book

“The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort and refinement."
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― Arthur Gray, Little Tea Book

“She's a pot-of-tea-before-I-say-boo-to-you woman. There's always a pile of warm teabags in the sink when I come down, like what a horse would leave behind.”
― Roddy Doyle

“Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!”
― Agatha Christie

“The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.”
― Arnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

“Tea is the magic key to the vault where my brain is kept.”
― Frances Hardinge

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“one of the bravest things you can do is admit when you want something.’ That putting it out there means you’re vulnerable, not just to disappointment, but to having other people know you’re disappointed if things don’t go your way. But there’s beauty in vulnerability. There’s power in putting words to your hopes and laying them out for the world to see.” I”
― Tawna Fenske, Just for Show