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“I was a bit taken aback at this, so I go, ‘Where do you buy it, lad?’ He says, ‘I know a guy.’” “I don’t know if you want to go tryin’ to buy unregulated, hand-jared fox urine from a stranger, Reg,” Alfie said. “Sounds dodgy to me.”


“In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea.”
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“In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends. We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them. We wed and christen with flowers. We dare not die without them. We have worshipped with the lily, we have meditated with the lotus, we have charged in battle array with the rose and the chrysanthemum. We have even attempted to speak in the language of flowers. How could we live without them? It frightens one to conceive of a world bereft of their presence.”
― The Book of Tea
― The Book of Tea
“When I drink tea I am conscious of peace. The cool breath of heaven rises in my sleeves, and blows my cares away.”
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“Would you like an adventure now, or would like to have your tea first?”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan

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