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If she speaks, it will only be a pleasant word or two; should she

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

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There is no need to have any special attitude while drinking except one of thankfulness. The nature of the tea itself is that of no-mind. – Pojong Sunim

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