Novel Teas

While I was visiting friends and family over the Christmas holiday, I received a packet of Novel Teas, a portable envelope of five tea bags with literary quotes on the tea tags. They were charming, and the Ceylon tea was good too!

I didn’t read ahead, so each quote was a surprise. Here’s the order in which I drank them.

1. Wear the old coat and buy the new book. William Phelps
2. She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. Louisa May Alcott
3. When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes. Desiderius Erasmus
4. Never judge a book by its movie. J.W. Eagan
5. You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. C.S. Lewis

While it’s hard not to love Lewis’s quote (combining books and tea, natch), my favorite is probably Alcott’s. I suspect it is autobiographical to me.