Hot Baths Quotes

“Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.”
― Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey

“There must be quite a few things a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them. Whenever I’m sad I’m going to die, or so nervous I can’t sleep, or in love with somebody I won’t be seeing for a week, I slump down just so far and then I say: 'I’ll go take a hot bath.'

I meditate in the bath.The water needs to be very hot, so hot you can barely stand putting your foot in it. Then you lower yourself, inch by inch, till the water’s up to your neck.

I remember the ceiling over every bathtub I’ve stretched out in. I remember the texture of the ceilings and the cracks and the colors and the damp spots and the light fixtures. I remember the tubs, too: the antique griffin-legged tubs, and the modern coffin-shaped tubs, and the fancy pink marble tubs overlooking indoor lily ponds, and I remember the shapes and sizes of the water taps and the different sorts of soap holders.

I never feel so much myself as when I’m in a hot bath.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“First, a bath. I'm feeling soiled. Too much contact with cold reality, I think.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Death at Victoria Dock

“Napoléon: - Tu recevras donc un sabre d'honneur.
Mariolle: - C'est que... j'en ai déjà un, sire.
Napoléon: - Une carabine d'honneur alors.
Mariolle: - Ça aussi, j'en ai une !
Napoléon: - Dans ce cas, tu mérites la légion !
Mariolle: - C'est que, mon Empereur, vous me l'avez épinglée sur le poitrail à Boulogne.
Napoléon: - Mais alors, que veux-tu, bougre de barbu ?
Mariolle: - Je veux un bain chaud.”
― Sébastien Latour, 1815: De man die 'merde' riep in Waterloo