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tea Quotes

21 of the best book quotes about tea
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“The Chinese say it’s better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.”
Khaled Hosseini
author
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Laila
Mariam
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food
tea
Chinese
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“I knew that when the tea burned my tongue, it burned Papa’s love into me. ”
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“The storm increased. The wind howled against the side of the house. Everyone was in the living room. They sat listlessly huddled together. And, surreptitiously, they watched each other. When Rogers brought in the tea tray, they all jumped.”
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″‘I don’t want tea,’ said Clary, with muffled force. ‘I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her in the first place, and I want to kill them.’ ‘Unfortunately,’ said Hodge, ‘we’re all out of bitter revenge at the moment, so it’s either tea or nothing.‘”
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“Tea was indeed ready, waiting on the round table in the sitting room with a bright fire burning in the cogwheel. How familiar the room seemed, and homely, but, suddenly, somehow strange. ”
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“Excuse me, but I’m very hungry. Do you think I could have tea with you?”
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“He ate all the supper that was cooking in the saucepans... and all the food in the fridge, and all the packets and tins in the cupboard.. and then he drank all the milk, and all the orange juice, and all Daddy’s beer, and all the water in the tap.”
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“I don’t know what to do. I’ve got nothing for Daddy’s supper, the tiger has eaten it all.”
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“They also bought a very big tin of Tiger Food, in case the tiger should come to tea again. But he never did.”
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“But the tiger didn’t just take one sandwich. He took all the sandwiches on the plate and swallowed them in one big mouthful. ”
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“Thank you for my nice tea. I think I’d better go now.”
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“And then he ate all the biscuits and all the cake, until there was nothing left to eat on the table.”
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“So ‘Grandma’ read the letter And poured the tea, Which the not-so-Jolly Postman Drank...nervously.”
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“The Tea Party In the pleasant green Garden We sat down to tea; ‘Do you take sugar?’ and ‘Do you take milk?’ She’d got a new gown on- A smart one of silk. We all were so happy As happy could be, On that bright Summer’s day When she asked us to tea.”
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“When the Bad Baby’s mummy saw them, she said, ‘Have you come for tea?’ and they all said, ‘Yes, please!’ ”
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″ ‘We’ll walk home across the fields,’ said Mr. Grumpy. ‘It’s time for tea.’ ”
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“Give him his tea and a bit of love and he’ll be fine.”
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″‘Never mind,’ said Mrs. Bear. ‘I’ll bring you a nice cup of tea.’ And she did.”
Mrs. Bear
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tea
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“Three little pussies, All in a row, Ranged on a table, Two down below. Five little pussies Dressed all in silk, Waiting for sugar, Waiting for milk. Dear little pussies, If you would thrive, Breakfast at nine o’clock, Take tea at five.”
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“So just as the sun began to smile and chase away the sky’s heavy tears, they all went to bed again to make up for the broken night, and it was:six o’clock and tea time before any of them opened their eyes again.”
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“It was your own tea you put into the umbrella. I know, because I watched you and you never ate anything at all.”

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