If she speaks, it will only be a pleasant word or two; should she have anything important to say, the moment will be after tea, not before it; this she knows by instinct. – George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, 1903 (of the housekeeper b
The first sip of tea is always the best… you cringe as it burns the back of your throat, knowing you just had the hottest carpe-diem portion. – Terri Guillemets
I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman. – Kevin Spacey