“If you touch one grain of this accursed tea, you are undone. America is threatened with worse than Egyptian slavery.”

“And slavery is the worst of all outcomes ,worse than war”

“he rated it as a gain in coming to America, that here you could get tea, and coffee, and meat every day. But the only true America is that country where you are at liberty to pursue such a mode of life as may enable you to do without these, and where the state does not endeavor to compel you to sustain the slavery and war and other superfluous expenses which directly or indirectly result from the use of such things.”

“A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.”

“Unpaid internships are worse than slavery," Gabby said. I looked at her, unsure of what she meant. "They make us work ridiculous hours, for free, and they make us do things an employee would do. It's a scam, and worse, they make you feel like they're doing YOU a favor. It's such mindfuckery.”

“Gun stripping is the tea ceremony of America.”