“A quarter past three," she exclaimed, catching sight of the bedside clock. "What a time to be drinking tea!"
"Anytime," Harold told her, "is time to be drinking tea.”
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Miss Read 1
English novelist 1913–2012Related quotes
"The Man on the Stairs" in Fence (Spring/Summer 2004)
“Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?”
"The Old Vicarage, Grantchester" (1912), concluding lines
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves”
The Miracle of Mindfulness (1999)
Context: Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.
“Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river.”
Source: L.A. Story and Roxanne: Screenplays
“The day i stop enjoying football is the day ill go to drink tea with my mom”
“I want to drink a cup of tea to all those Kennedys who went and all those Kennedys who stayed.”
While visiting his ancestral homestead in Wexford, as quoted in BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_4461000/4461115.stm
1963
Variant: Yes, that's it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it's always tea time.
Source: Alice in Wonderland